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| October 9, 2004 | John Rottet | [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp] |
| The Snow Building in downtown Durham at 331 West Main Street. The following information is from the Durham Architectural and Historic Inventory, 1982 (out of print) that the folks at the Historic Preservation Society of Durham have in their office (which is located in the Snow Building by coincidence): "One of the most vivid examples of the Art Deco style in Durham is this six-story stone-veneered building erected in 1933. The design of the ornate building was begun by Joel Wertz and another, unidentified architect, both in the Winston-Salem firm of Northup and O'Brien; it was completed by Durham architect Geroge Watts Carr, Sr., who had maintained the firm's Durham office until it closed in 1929. The strong vertical orientation of the main facade is created by the pilasters separating the many narrow window bays and terminating in stepped projections that form a jagged roofline. Above the sixth floor, these pilasters areseparated by panels carved in a herringbone pattern to form a frieze. An additional story further embellished with stylized foliate ornament surmounts the three easternmost bays. The exuberant decoration of the facade is most heavily concentrated at the entrance frontispiece consisting of very narrow, elongated scrolls. These motifs are repeated in the metal grillwork flanking the entranceway. The vestibule and lobby have been described in the National Register nomination for the Downtown Durham Historic District as containing a "valuable collection of polychrome, foliated ornament and light fixtures, ceiling decoration, floor tile patterns, and miscellaneous stylistic features." In striking contrast to these details are the brass fixtures in elaborate classical motifs adorning the elevators." | ||
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