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ARCHITECTURE .-� iron oriel window. The V ��?•�' " '� (Continued from Page 8) Michigan Street. The N building was con- : . �` z �� > former bank building is and the sawn and cut, structed by E.H. Harris � aN unique for its simple Chalet style bracketing in 1882 as a drug store classical and prairie y, under steep gables. and except for the style details of the brick and concrete facade. It was built in 1919 by a group of farmers disenchanted J. w !~ ith the local banks. v_ y i The library stands x out as being the only s�,... ..,. :.:�R � Tudor Revival building the e commercial o. area. The raised foun- :..< dation and bottom half of the main floor are t built of brick; the top Early Schoolhouse half of the building is �e = - stueco and half timber- Typical of the style are removal = ><<>€>< in YP Y o I of a ediment _:« >>.<:: >;< Founded in 1902 b P 9• Y the tall, segmental, above the oriel win- rc'"" ' � Hubbard Home the Carlisle Clover hooded windows, the dow, it remains un- the recessed doorway merit attention in the Club, a literary and polygonal bay win- changed. are three round-arched town's commercial social organization in dows, and the Another noteworthy windows with plain area are the Farmer's town , the library belvedere situtated on commerical building keystones. Each of the State Bank building at received a grant of the northeast corner of constructed in 1880 in bays are separated by 136 East Michigan $9,000 from t h e the house. Hubbard, the Italianate stylea%a cast iron , fluted Street, and the New Carnegie Foundation whose family later dormitory house is pilasters. Carlisle and Olive established the Haven located at 115 East Two early twentieth- Township Public See ARCHITECTURE Hubbard Home (now Michigan Street. Over century buildings that Library at 126 East (Continued on Page 17) Hamilton Grove)north of New Carlisle, was a very successful farmer in the area, and was elected three times to the office of County Commissioner. The present owner of the home since 1951 owns and operates the Wat Congratulations - son Plate Shop, located at 135 East Michigan Street. in the town's commercial area. Originally owned by Francis B. Warner, the plate shop was con- structed by Warner and Thomas Garoutte in 1874. The two-story brick building was divided into two large Ym AT rooms, the west room acting as Garoutte's dry goods store, and the east room as Warner's drug store. The Watsons purchas- ed the entire building in 1951 from the Kellogg Drug Com- pany. Constructed in A. T FT the Italianate commer- cial style, the building has been well- maintained and much of the original H Y F character of both the interior and exterior has been preserved. The facade is marked by a projecting cornice decorated by alter- nating large and small paired brackets. The cast iron hood moldings are the only examples extant in the town's commerical area. A Ym AT To the west of the I-N ■ plate shop at 133 East Michigan Street is a unique example of a NEW� Queen Anne commer- cial building. The two- story structure is CARLISLE characterized by a highly decorative cast L