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• <br /> Elk River Downtown Commercial Area <br /> Property Description and Significance <br /> z, <br /> ,,m <br /> t �4/4', <br /> .!;'„„'1,',xmy.i.A‘:, ,';',.4. —TR- A---vE- L ' shrov-cl,,,,m10.40 ,,,,e„.- ,,,,L,,,-'7,,,,,..c....„.-4. <br /> ...t:d ` <br /> fit s,2 4r f.'°a� mv <br /> Address: 315 Jackson Street <br /> PIN: 75-405-0260 <br /> SHPO Inventory#:SH-ERC-036 <br /> • Historic Name: Bank of Elk River <br /> Current Name: Carlson Wagon lit Travel <br /> Builder/Contractor: A.Moorman Company,St.Paul <br /> Original Owner/Tenant: Bank of Elk River <br /> Architect/Source: <br /> Date of Original Construction: ca.1915 <br /> Date of Survey: March 2002 <br /> Prepared by: Carole Zellie/Landscape Research <br /> Photo: 4 <br /> Property Number:4 <br /> Description <br /> The Bank of Elk River is a two-story cream brick building with a flat roof.The first story <br /> shows the original two-bay division of the façade.The square pilasters with simple <br /> capitals flank bays filled with modern display windows. Above a deep cornice trimmed <br /> with a rusticated brownstone band, the upper story has six arched windows surrounded <br /> by a featureless cream brick façade of relatively recent date. <br /> Several historic photos show the building before its upper story modernization and <br /> could be of great use in restoration. <br /> Significance <br /> This building is locally significant as the second location of the Bank of Elk River,the <br /> first bank in Sherburne County.Established in 1885 with W.L.Babcock,W.H.Houlton <br /> • and Henry Castle as officers,the first bank was located on the north side of the railroad <br /> Elk River Historic Contexts and Phase II Downtown Commercial Area Study <br /> 59 <br />