Stevens-Perkins Building

From Lane Co Oregon

The commercial block at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets has been the home of the Odd Fellows since its construction in 1907. The two-story building is stucco faded brick with classical detailing. The first floor facade is divided by three pillars with block capitals and bases and includes two recessed entrnces and large picture windows. A flat wooden canopy now located above the windows shelters the sidewalk. Above the canopy, a molded wooden cornice separates the first and second floors, with four windows dominating the second story. The windows have simple bases and large rusticated flat arches applied to the tops; rusticated quoins are at the corners. A large molded wooden cornice projecting bout three feet from the wall graces the top of the building. Beneath that are long, flat modillion blocks. The building is topped with a false pediment with 1907 on the front.

In 1911, Welby Stevens and A.J. Perkins constructed the building that now bears their names. The building is constructed of common bond brick, with three banks of windows and three recessed entrances gracing the first floor. A two-foot base of gray brick also adorns the front. The second-story windows are double-hung and arranged symmetrically, with panels of small patterned hexagonal tiles separating them. A course of alternating protruding and recessed bricks stands above the upstairs windows, with a stepped false front with "1911," "Stevens," and "Perkins" applied to it, topping the facade.

Springfield Museum, "Museum Notes," Volume 6, number 1, February 1993.