Joe Knight Building

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Joe Knight Building

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Joe Knight Building, January 2009
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Location 201 W. Commercial St., Lebanon, Missouri
Coordinates 37°40′54″N92°39′54″W / 37.68167°N 92.66500°W / 37.68167; -92.66500 Coordinates: 37°40′54″N92°39′54″W / 37.68167°N 92.66500°W / 37.68167; -92.66500
Area less than one acre
Built 1948 (1948)
Architectural style Moderne
NRHP reference # 05000995 [1]
Added to NRHP September 6, 2005

Joe Knight Building, also known as Joe's Corner and Knight Drug Store, is a historic commercial building located at Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri. It was built in 1948, and is a three-story, Streamline Moderne brick building with a flat roof. It features horizontal bands of windows and the curved corners are accented by large curved glass block walls. Dark bricks are also used to spell out "Joe Knight '48" and "Knight" on the main elevations. [2] :5

Lebanon, Missouri City in Missouri, United States

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

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Debbie Sheals (March 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Joe Knight Building" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 14 photographs from 2005)