Fore Shoe Company Building

Fore Shoe Company Building, also known as the Washington Shoe Company Building and Kane Dunham & Kraus Shoe Company Building, is a historic shoe factory building located at Washington, Franklin County, Missouri. The original section was built in 1925, and is a two-story, reinforced concrete and wood beam structure sheathed in brick. A two- and three-story brick addition was built in 1927, and is of steel frame construction. The building features a prominent brick smoke stack and measures approximately 58,000 square feet of floor space. The factory closed in 1971.[2]: 5, 19 

Fore Shoe Company Building
Fore Shoe Company Building, March 2014
Fore Shoe Company Building is located in Missouri
Fore Shoe Company Building
Fore Shoe Company Building is located in the United States
Fore Shoe Company Building
Location601 E 6th St., Washington, Missouri
Coordinates38°33′15″N 91°0′17″W / 38.55417°N 91.00472°W / 38.55417; -91.00472
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925), 1927
Built byLohmeyer and Schulte
Architectural styleBrick Factory
NRHP reference No.05001432[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 23, 2005

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Cydney E. Millstein and Mary Ann Warfield (May 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fore Shoe Company Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01. (includes 16 photographs from 2005)