I was running errands in town yesterday, when I passed The Lit Brothers building on 8th and Market. Built in 1859 by architects Edward Collins & Charles M. Autenrieth, the façade is a Renaissance Revival style. It reminds me of a wedding cake – well, if a wedding cake were made of iron, brick, and terra cotta – it’s a gorgeous building. The store closed it’s doors in 1977, miraculously, it was saved from the wrecking ball and it’s been redeveloped with shops and office spaces.
Yep, interesting architecture. Glad ONE finally got saved!
I always think of this building like a giant wedding cake – it’s a beauty!