Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District
110 N Mason St
Columbia Baking Co., 1920s
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
Large, one-story, flat-roofed building of American-bond brick with a front (west) elevation with stretcher-bond textured brick with occasional header/stretcher courses. The original industrial metal-frame windows have replacement tinted blue/green plate glass, as do the doors, and a number of windows have been bricked up. The original 1920s south section has a front parapet with large stuccoed signage panel now painted blue, and there are additional signage panels in the south side parapet. Other features include a limestone foundation under the original section, a modern entry addition on the east elevation (which faces a parking lot and is now the principal elevation) with a simulation stucco gable and a metal-sheathed hip roof, and smaller modern stretcher-bond brick veneer additions on the north side. The south half of this building was erected between 1924 and 1930 and was known as the Lee Baking Co. in the latter year. By the mid-1940s the name had been changed to the Columbia Baking Co. The building was extended on the north side by 1960, probably before 1955. Now Harrisonburg Rockingham Human Services Building, Departments of Health and Social Services.