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            The east tower of the former Whiteside bakery, built in 1908.

1400 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky.

From the 1979 application to be a Nationally Registered Historic Place: 

"Whiteside Bakery was built in 1908 by Louisville architect Arthur Loomis. His choice of the Mission Style for the project is a curious one, since the style was not well represented in the Louisville area. Loomis's use of this contemporary California mode, however, provided a particularly happy solution for the structure's location with in a transitional zone. The bold, low massing of the Mission Style catered to the height of the bakery's residential neighbors, while the strength and solidity of the style justified its use as a commercial structure.

Asymmetrical square towers dominate each corner of the building, anchoring it to its site. The left tower is slightly taller than the one to the right for stylistic purposes. This tower commands the southwest corner of Broadway and 14th Streets, and was originally highly visible from the downtown direction. The crowning glory of this tower, no longer extant, was a large electric clock which tolled upon the hour. At dusk, we are told, “the characters describing the circle and declaring the hours stand forth in letters of fire and read 'Mother's Bread'." Unfortunately, this magnificent timepiece has met an ignominious end … A tile roof supported by piers caps the tower. Deep, bracketed wooden eaves protect recessed arched windows on each side to the tower, creating the visual effect of an open loggia from the street. Limestone rolled trim edges the base of the loggia, while gargoyles commanding each corner peer menacingly down upon passersby.

The lower tower to the right of the building has been designed in deliberate contrast to its taller counterpart on the left. In the first instance, the emphasis has been upon height and lightness; here, the stress is upon weight and mass. The tile roof sits firmly upon shorter piers, which appear more massive because of their reduced height. Squat columns recessed into the depths of the heavily-bracketed eaves support a low arch which enframes the windows on each tower face. 

With the exception of the tower clock and the rooftop garden, the exterior of the bakery has changed little since 1908. The low, open pavilion to the far right of the structure, featured in an earliest photograph, is presently enclosed."

Taken on: September 19, 2016

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