Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District
14 E Water St
W. P. Liskey Building, Early 20th c.
BrickContributes to the historic character of the district
From the National Register nomination
Two-story building of painted American-bond brick with a shed roof with stepped side parapets. In the front parapet are a soldier dogtooth course and dentil-like corbeling. The second-story windows are 2/1 sash, and the reworked storefront has one and three-light transoms over an entry and a picture window with a diagonal beaded tongue-and-groove apron. The rear (north) elevation has two entries with three-light transoms and two 3/1 windows with diagonal beaded tongue-and-groove panels above and below. On the windowless east elevation is an abstract mural painted on rough stucco. The second story contained a billiards parlor in 1918. In the 1930s W. P. Liskey and his sister acquired the building. Now The Laughing Dog Custom Screenprinting. (McCahill-Perrine et al, "Pennybacker, Derrick, Buildings")
People
- W. P. Liskey owner (acquired the building in the 1930s with his sister)