West Broadway & North Chestnut
126 West Broadway, ca 1900, ca 1950
History of 126 W Broadway
1904 - Neidcineboyse shoes. (1904 City Directory)
1910 - Henry Noll boots & shoes. (1910 Centralia City Directory)
1933 - Smoke Shop
1938 - Deley’s Tavern
Architecture
This two-story yellow brick commercial structure had the facade replaced in the mid-1900s. The original window on the first floor has been filled in with wood except for three small windows near the top. On the second story, three contemporary windows are evenly spaced on the facade, alternating two narrow windows of glass block. At the top of the parapet, two courses of red brick suggest a cornice with coping.
122 West Broadway, ca 1903
History of 122 W Broadway
1904 - Beck's Bakery. (1904 City Directory)
1906-07 - Martin Beck Bakery (1906-07 City Directory)
1933 - vacant
1938 - Jarecki Mfg. Co, oil & Gas Supt.
Architecture
The storefront of the two-story brick commercial building has been replaced with wooden siding and contemporary doors and windows. The second floor facade retains significant historic fabric: window penetrations with stone sills and flat arches with stone keys are arranged in four groups of two. Above the windows, a number of corralled courses of brick support a cornice of canted brick alternating with square stone or metal rosettes, above which rises a plain brick parapet.
100-104 West Broadway, ca 1910
Langenfeld Hotel
HARGIS No. 105132
History of 100 W Broadway
1920 - The Chocolate Shop, Deley Bros, prop
VanNoy Interstate Co. news agent and restaurant IC depot and Langenfeld Hotel (1920 Centralia City Directory)
1922 - (100-118) Langenfeld Hotel & Cafe, G.A. price manager
Chocolate Shop, Deley Bros. owners Source: 1922 Centralia City Directory)
1933 - (100-114) Hotel Langenfeld, Walter C. Vass
(100) Kennedy Pharmacy (Source: 1933 Centralia City Directory)
Architecture
A Simple Commercial style 3-story brick building. The first floor have material resembling stucco, with most window penetrations filled with masonry or wood. A string course of stone incorporating an interlaced geometric design caps the first floor facade. The 2nd floor presents pairs of contemporary double-hung windows stretching across the facade. A narrow string course of stone serves as the lintels for the third floor windows. A simple stone cornice and plain brick parapet complete the primary façades of this building.
124 North Chestnut Street, ca 1905, ca 1915
The Block Tavern
History of 124 N Chestnut
1906-07 - Block Saloon (1906-07 City Directory)
1910 - W.R. Swan saloon, (1910 Centralia City Directory)
1932, May - John Langenfeld purchased Pontiac Agency from Dewitt Company
West Side Motor Co., Buick, John Langenfeld (Source: Sentinel Ad)
1938 - Block's Pool Hall (Source: 1838 Centralia City Directory)
1941 - Block Pool Room, owners Ambrose Wycoff & Chalmer Holcomb
Moose Club (Source: 1941 Centralia City Directory)
Architecture
A brick one-story has a simple angular parapet and stone coping. Original storefront penetrations have been filled with contemporary brick, though rustic stone or oversized brick is visible on either side of the storefront.
130 North Chestnut Street
The Block Tavern Drive-Through
History of 130 N Chestnut
1906-07 - Mrs. C.L. Knowlton furnished rooms (Source: 1906-07 City Directory)
1941 - Security Engineering Co., Inc. (Source: 1941 City Directory)
Architecture
A one-story building of brick presents a flat parapet and stone coping. The building’s original use as one of a series of auto maintenance facilities on the block is suggested by the drive-through bay to the right of the main façade. Storefront penetrations have been filled with contemporary wood sheath and shingles.
Vicinity, 137 North Chestnut Street, ca 1940
A simple concrete square structure with a door on the south facade and short windows or vents high in each of the other walls.
