Philip Ryan Building
Built: 1887
Architect: Unknown
Style: Romanesque Revival
About Romanesque Revival
The Romanesque Revival in America was inspired in part by the medieval European style known as Romanesque, popular in Europe during the 11th and 12th centuries as a revival of earlier classical Roman forms. Identifying features include round arches over windows and/or entryways with heavy emphasis around the arches; thick, cavernous entryways and window openings; thick masonry walls, rounded (sometimes square) towers with conical roof; facades are typically asymmetrical; variable stone and brick façade. On elaborate examples, polychromatic facades with contrasting building materials. The style emphasizes the Classical Roman arch as its dominant feature. Description via www.architecturestyles.org
Address: 414 N. Main St
 Brief History:
1887 - Built by J. H. Bryant for $8,000 to house the Philip Ryan Hardware and Store
1889- 1902- Home to "The Candy Store" founded by Billy Shelper, who also founded Home Sweet Home Mission
2012 – Reality Bites restaurant
Architectural Description:
Three-story brick masonry structure in the Victorian Romanesque style.
Faced with pressed red brick.
First floor consists of aluminum and glass, original clerestory of windows covered in wood paneling.
Second and third stories feature limestone sills. The second story also has limestone headers. Third floor windows are capped with fan windows of stained glass.
Half round Romanesque arches made of molded brick extend from rosette carved stone capitals .
A parapet wall is capped with elaborate sheet metal cornice which features bartizans.