The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) has applied to nominate an appropriate portion of the community’s commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application. In the hopes that the community will find the information contained therein both interesting and informative, we will be running, one at a time, in no particular order, over the next year, the architectural and historical description of each building included. We hope you enjoy installment #50.
Note: The National Register of Historic Places is literally a listing of spaces, structures, or areas recognized to be of National historic, cultural or architectural importance. It is kept by the United States Department of Interior, but the program is largely administered by an individual State’s preservation authority. In Illinois, this is the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. The term “contributing” means that the structure lies within an historic district and adds to the architectural or historic significance of the same as a whole. If it is within the boundaries of the district, but does not so supplement, it is deemed “non-contributing.”
201 W. Market Street, Bogott Plumbing Building, Date: 1957–“Contributing”
Description: This one-story freestanding, corner brick building features an unpainted red brick exterior. The main elevation (north) has five windows (non-historic, fixed aluminum sash with operable awning window below, concrete sills; two windows are paired), garage door and unglazed secondary entrance (both aluminum, paneled). The main entrance (non-historic glass and aluminum, transom) is at the main chamfered corner. The side elevation (east) has two windows and five blocked openings of various sizes towards back. Original windows on both elevations were primarily steel pivot sash, and the corner entrance was a glazed wood door. They were replaced c. 2010. The other side elevation (west) is painted concrete block with two raised window openings near back. The rear elevation (south) faces the railroad tracks.
History: It was constructed by Shambaugh Construction and Groharing Masonry for Bogott Plumbing. After its founder Ross Bogott’s passing in 1994, Bogott Plumbing stayed in place under new management until the business moved out in 2001. In 2010, the building began to house a youth center, Crave, sponsored by Crossroads Community Church.