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andriestaeer
Location: Wellington, KS Gender: Male
| | JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* < on 11/12/2013 7:46 PM >
| | | Came across this building and got permission from the owner to take pictures of it and he gave me the all access pass and even wanted me to make him an offer on the building haha A little history of the building. It was built in 1885 with an Italianate design. Wellington pioneer merchant JC Smith commissioned the building and it was built with limestone quarried at a nearby city. Because the limestone resembled marble the building came to be called the Marble Block. Smith dealt in boots and shoes but later broadened his ware to include clothing. The building was only moderately damaged in the 1892 tornado. In 1906 Smith retired from the clothing business and sold his stores to his sons Ed and Joe which freed him up to devote his time to other ventures. Smith Men's Clothes were at this location until 1943. In 1963 Glasco Drug occupied the building. Glasco Drug remodeled and expanded in 1969 after buying the building. 1.
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andriestaeer
Location: Wellington, KS Gender: Male
| | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 1 on 11/13/2013 3:22 AM >
| | | Here's some more period pictures of the Smith Building. 1.
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MoreThanJake
Gender: Male
| | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 2 on 11/13/2013 4:30 PM >
| | | WOW! Amazing architecture. I cant believe at one point the covered all of the front windows.
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SDR69
Gender: Male
| | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 3 on 11/14/2013 3:21 AM >
| | | Wow truly an amazing old building. And yeah, that drug store facade is freakin' hideous! What were they thinking?
“In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.” Ansel Adams |
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cdevon
Location: west county Gender: Male
| | | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 4 on 11/14/2013 5:20 AM >
| | | great old building. "they don"t make 'em like that anymore." +1 on drug store facade = crap
When I say I'm 'clean and sober', it means I've showered and I'm headed to the liquor store. |
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andriestaeer
Location: Wellington, KS Gender: Male
| | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 5 on 11/14/2013 7:43 AM >
| | | Posted by MoreThanJake WOW! Amazing architecture. I cant believe at one point the covered all of the front windows.
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I agree. Most of the windows on the south side of the building have been boarded over so there is no natural light. I'm just glad that I have a good flash on my camera.
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Mchelem
Location: DFW area Gender: Female
Kharma is only a bitch if you are....don't be a bitch.
| | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 6 on 1/8/2014 10:24 AM >
| | | I'm in love with those tin ceilings!!
"You've never really learned to live unitl you've done something for someone for which they can never repay you." ~Ralph Hall~ |
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Esoterik
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male
| | Re: JC Smith Building *Picture heavy* <Reply # 7 on 1/8/2014 11:10 PM >
| | | Very cool, the interior would look amazing restored. Looks like at one time it was occupied by hippy hipsters!
“You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.” |
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