Rugby Road-University Corner Historic District

1601 University Ave

Stevens-Shepherd Building; Arnette's, Ca. 1925

BrickContributes to the historic character of the district

1925
18001850190019502000

From the National Register nomination

Department store. Neo-Georgian Commercial. Ca. 1925. Brick (stretcher bond); 2 stories; parapet roof; symmetrical 3-bay front. Round-arched shop windows; recessed arched entry with large traceried fanlight; wooden entablature above first story, and corbelled brick cornice above second story. This attractive Neo-Georgian commercial building housed the Stevens-Shepherd Company, an exclusive men's clothing store, from the 1920s to the early 1960s.

City historic survey