Kress Building (Columbia, South Carolina)


Kress Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Kress Building (Columbia, South Carolina) in April, 2015
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Location	1508 Main St., Columbia, South Carolina
Coordinates	34°0′20″N 81°2′8″W / 34.00556°N 81.03556°W / 34.00556; -81.03556Coordinates: 34°0′20″N 81°2′8″W / 34.00556°N 81.03556°W / 34.00556; -81.03556
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1934 (1934)
Architectural style	Art Deco
MPS	Columbia MRA
NRHP Reference #	79003376^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 2, 1979

Kress Building is a historic commercial building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1934 by S. H. Kress & Co., and is a two-story, Art Deco style building faced with white terra cotta and colored terra cotta ornamentation. It features rounded storefront windows and cornice that contains the word “Kress” and surmounted by a stepped parapet.^[2]^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ unknown (n.d.). "Kress Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
↑ "Kress Building, Richland County (1508 Main St., Columbia)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2014-01-07.

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