Eau Claire Hotel - 18-20 W. Main Ave.

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Current home of Main Street Yoga and Finders Keepers Boutique. This two story brick building is framed by piers that rise to a parapet wall with a cornice adorned withdecorative brick dentils and coursework. The second floor features four evenly spaced one over one wood sash windowswith flat arched lintels. There is a smaller bricked-in window at center. A cast iron belt with decorative medallions articulates the break between the first and second floors. The first floor façade is separated into symmetrical store fronts flanking a central entranceway defined by cast iron columns and composed of a large square window with a door below it. The store fronts are inset and composed of wood paneling and sets of large shop windows. Charles McNab, the owner of this lot and the one next west, and proprietor of McNab Drug, had this two story building constructed in 1904. This building is smaller than most typical SROs but shares their configuration, with the ground floor given over to commercial space and the upper floor divided into 16 furnished rooms for rent. The commercial spaces initially housed a blacksmith and a store. #1900s #historic_commercial_building