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Alpha Reference: M Historic Name: William P. Jamieson Building Address: 901 Main Street Construction Date: 1910 Parcel #: 053-135-010 901 Main Street is a two-floor building, which fronts on both Main and Stambaugh Streets. It has a flat roof with a pent roof below its parapet. Grey clay tiles cover this pent roof. Walls of much of the building are clad in plum-colored stucco. Trim is cream-colored, green and gold. The building has been remodeled recently and features new window sash, paint, roof tiles, and awnings. Cream- colored pilaster strips (some of which are paired) divide the Main Street facade into two storefronts. The storefront to the left (north) is larger. Large plate glass windows flank paired glass doors, which are recessed. (These doors have a transom.) Below the plate glass shop windows is a black ceramic scuff plate in good condition. A leaded glass clerestory stands above the plate glass windows. Some of the clerestory lights have turned purple due to exposure to sunlight. To the right (south) the other storefront has a single plate glass window and a smaller clerestory. Its entry door is also glass with an awning-covered transom. A cornice, featuring a large dentil band and small egg-and-dart strip, separates the first from the second floor. An odd projection from this cornice, perhaps once accommodating a balcony or bay window, juts out from the middle of the facade. Two large bay windows dominate the second floor of the Main Street facade. One to the north on the corner is square and possesses paired double-hung windows with smaller double-hung models on its lateral sides. Three more double-hung windows separate this square bay from a canted bay to the south. This canted projection has three double-hung openings. An elaborate series of egg-and-dart and other ornamental bands decorate the uppermost cornice, just below the pent roof. The square coffers of the pent roof's soffit have been painted in multiple colors. The Stambaugh Street facade displays a series of mostly paired pilasters, which divide up the first floor. A plate glass window wraps around from Main Street on the west. Two pairs of doors stand in the center of the first floor; two single doors stand to the east. Farthest east is a door with a transom and segmental arch. This door occupies part of a small brick and wood extension of the building, which protrudes at the rear. Above these first floor doors, is a band of clerestory windows, with some lights more purple than others. Again, a dentilated cornice separates first and second floors. Three bay windows distinguish the upper floor of this facade. Two bays are canted with three large double-hung windows; these canted bay windows are separated by smaller double-hung openings. The square bay wraps around the corner and is visible from Main and Stambaugh Streets. William P. Jamieson, a plumber and a sheet metal man, hired local architect Le Baron Olive to design a two-story commercial building which would have two Page 44 7.B. - Page 55