| Building
Code |
574.D.6 |
Construction
Date |
ca. 1890 |
| Origins |
Retail |
Description
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The McBain
Hardware Building occupies a central place in a strip of
brick-fronted
buildings, most constructed in the 1890’s, that line the west
side of Seventh
Avenue at the heart of Virden’s Heritage District. |
Heritage
Value
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The McBain
Hardware Building, featuring muted Romanesque Revival
features,
is the oldest building on this street and likely the oldest commercial
building
in Virden, visible in a photo dated 1886. It is further valued for its
clear
link to a long-standing Virden business operation the McBains Hardware
and
for its earlier use as the site of the McLellan and English general
store.
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Character
Defining
Elements |
Key elements
that define the exterior heritage character of the McBain
Hardware
Building include:
- the modest corbel table that includes brick set at an angle and the
subtle
quoins
- the round-arched window treatment, a style followed by many later
Virden
buildings
- the rear wall of fieldstone
Key elements that define the interior heritage character of the McBain
Hardware
Building include: |
| Site
History |
Formerly on
This Site:
Larry Maguire Election Office
L&B Sewing Repair
Future Features
Al’s Catering
Petals, Pine & Potpourri
Lacey Hardware
McBain Hardware
McLellan & English – General Store building as well…
McLellan and English paid taxes in 1896.
Although the building is well
known for its connection to the McBain
Hardware
– it was the site if McLellan & English General Store from at
least 1895
to 1912.
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| Additional
Information |
Appears in an
1886 photo in Ida Clingan's "The Virden Story."
Information on P 36 and
P149
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