119-121 S Main St

From the National Register nomination

Two-story building of painted brick with a parapet shed roof with stepped side parapets. The front parapet features a brick band of small recessed panels above a plywood frieze ornamented with stars above a double dogtooth course. Other front elevation features include plate glass windows, an oriel window, and painted permastone (or possibly real stone) on the first story. Behind is a section with modern brickwork and vertical board siding in the second story. Behind this is a third section with stretcher-bond brick above a limestone foundation and studded with star-shaped tie rod ends. According to research by architectural historian Sarah Edwards, the front section of the building may have been built as early as ca. 1870. The property was acquired by Charles A. Sprinkel in 1882 and occupied by his farm implements firm C. A. Sprinkel & Son. Sprinkel apparently built the two-story rear warehouse section which was connected to the front section by a one- story (later raised to two stories) hyphen. In 1918 auto supplies and agricultural implements were sold from the building. In the 1970s the Elbow Room Restaurant occupied the building, and performers such as Carlos Santana played here. Now Dave's Downtown Taverna. (Edwards, "121 South Main Street")