Quick Facts

NPS Description

219 South Main Street. Lammeren & Son, 1915. 

Contributing

Description

Commercial Brick three-story retail/mixed use building (1915). The upper façade is of red brick with corbelling below the frieze, edge piers, a stepped parapet, and hipped asphalt roof. The frieze displays a name plate inscribed with Lammeren & Son and the year of construction. Double-hung aluminum replacement windows with original wood jambs are on the second and third floors. The storefront is brick with the original north bay arch over a recessed side entry while the south bay is remodeled with glass and aluminum display windows and a side door. A wood shake mansard roof caps the south bay. 

The east (rear) elevation is of painted brick. No other elevation is visible due to adjoining buildings. 

History 

The Lammeren Building was constructed in 1915 by John Lammeren to replace a previous one-story frame building on the lot. Its original tenant was American Dry Cleaning, which remained until 1953. The building then had a series of professional offices, including Central Accounting and Tax Service (ca. 1960s to 1972) before reverting to retail in 1973 as the Fashion Corner (to the 1990s). The current tenant is Jo Jo’s Junk Shop.  *as of 2014

Integrity Analysis 

The building appears to be generally intact, although the second and third-story windows are replacements, with some wood infill around them. The shingled mansard roof awning replaced a fabric one in 1977. 

Sources 

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (Mt. Pleasant: 1884, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1910, 1924, 1931, 1950); Mt. Pleasant City Directories, 1925-1998; Past and Present of Isabella County, 1911; City of Mt. Pleasant Building Permits; historic photographs.