E. S. Swayze Drugstore

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E. S. Swayze Drugstore/Otisville Mason Lodge No. 401
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The lodge building in November 2014
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Location106 Main St.,
Otisville, Michigan
Coordinates 43°10′0″N83°31′27″W / 43.16667°N 83.52417°W / 43.16667; -83.52417
Arealess than one acre
Built1874
Architectural styleItalianate
MPS Genesee County MRA
NRHP reference No. 82000529 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982
Designated MSHS2010 [2]

The E.S. Swayze Drugstore in Otisville, Michigan, United States, also known as Otisville Mason Lodge No. 401, is a building from 1874. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 [1] and designated as a Michigan State Historic Site in 2010. [2]

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History

This building was constructed to replace a previous store that burned in 1874. The second floor meeting hall was used by the Free Methodist Church for services from 1887 to 1890. In 1903 Otisville Lodge #401 (a local Masonic lodge) purchased the building, and used it as their meeting hall. It was owned by the Masons until 1970. [2] The lodge has moved to other premises. [3] The building remained vacant until at least the 1980s, but was then refurbished. [4]

Description

The E. S. Swayze Drugstore is a two-story red brick structure constructed in a vernacular Italianate style. The first floor has a double, five-panel door next to a Palladian-inspired window. Both window of which feature are set in rounded brick archways with keystones. A secondary cornice separates the first floor from the second. The second floor consists of a series of panels, containing four windows similar in to those at the first floor level. Brick corbelling runs across the cornice. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Historical Marker
  3. Grand Lodge of Michigan list of lodges Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: E. S. Swayze Drugstore