Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District
1525-27 University Cir
Kenmore Building, Ca. 1920s
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
Shops on first floor, apartments above. Decorated Vernacular. Ca. 1920s. Brick (stretcher bond); 3 stories; parapet roof; 4-bay front. Rusticated brick quoins; corbelled mousetooth brick cornice above shopfronts; wooden modillion cornice below parapet; triple windows with segmental-arched heads; shopfront at No. 1525 features decorative Tudor-style cross-gable with mock half-timbering and scalloped bargeboards. Occupying a prominent corner lot at the intersection of Elliewood Avenue, this handsome 3-story brick building features a Tudor-style shopfront at No. 1525. Next door at No. 1527 is Mincer's tabacconist and bookseller, for over three decades one of the most popular shops on the Corner.