Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District

25 W Water St

Sears Roebuck & Co. (former), 1946

Concrete or blockContributes to the historic character of the district

1946
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From the National Register nomination

Moderne one-story of cinder block with a stretcher-bond brick veneer. The brickwork on the front (north) elevation is banded and painted; that on the west side elevation is unpainted and laid in stretcher bond with occasional header/stretcher courses. There are recessed entries at each front corner, their recessed with curved tile walls. Other features include a flat roof, a channeled wood frieze over the display windows, a concrete foundation, and the remnant of a metal sign on the roof. Sears was the building's first occupant. Western Auto occupied the building from 1967 into the 1980s. Now Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic. Note: The building is incorrectly identified as 25 W. Market St. in the 1982 survey.