Fallin Brothers Building

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Fallin Brothers Building

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Fallin Brothers Building, September 2014
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Location 211-229 S. Market Ave., Springfield, Missouri
Coordinates 37°12′30″N93°17′44″W / 37.20833°N 93.29556°W / 37.20833; -93.29556 Coordinates: 37°12′30″N93°17′44″W / 37.20833°N 93.29556°W / 37.20833; -93.29556
Area Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built c. 1919 (1919)
Architectural style Two-part commercial block
MPS Springfield MPS
NRHP reference # 12000435 [1]
Added to NRHP July 25, 2012

Fallin Brothers Building is a historic commercial building located at Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. It was built about 1919, and is a large two-story, brick building on a concrete foundation. It has open storefronts and large garage doors on the ground floor and a corbelled brick cornice. [2] :5

Springfield, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

Springfield is the third-largest city in the state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 159,498. As of 2017, the Census Bureau estimated its population at 167,376. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which has a population of 462,369 and includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster.

Greene County, Missouri County in the United States

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Concrete Composite construction material

Concrete, usually Portland cement concrete, is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that hardens over time—most frequently a lime-based cement binder, such as Portland cement, but sometimes with other hydraulic cements, such as a calcium aluminate cement. It is distinguished from other, non-cementitious types of concrete all binding some form of aggregate together, including asphalt concrete with a bitumen binder, which is frequently used for road surfaces, and polymer concretes that use polymers as a binder.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 7/23/12 through 7/27/12. National Park Service. 2012-08-03.
  2. Debbie Sheals and Kylee J. Rooney (March 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fallin Brothers Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 14 photographs from 2011-2012)