17 EAST WASHINGTON STREET 17 E. Washington St., constructed c. 1890, rises from a poured concrete foundation and stoop to brick walls. The original wooden kickboard has been replaced below the window with a brick planting box. The original storefront windows were replaced (a long time ago) with single-light fixed-sash windows. The replacement door sits off center in the entry. The transom area has been covered in vertical wood siding. Above this siding is a cast-iron beam with rosettes. The building rises above this beam to a parapet fronted with decorative brick courses. A decorative tin cornice remains at the parapet.
This building was once the twin of 15 E. Washington St. Changes made, probably in the 1940s or 50s reconfigured the windows and entrance. The 1902 Sanborn Map shows a grocery and queensware pottery shop here; the 1910 map shows the building as a Post Office.
Suggested Improvements: Restoring the transom windows above the door and current windows would transform this building. Painting the brick planter box would blend that newer brick in with the walls of the building and make the look more harmonious. The existing color scheme works with the palette and the building. We have shown it here with just the new faรงade paint. This building is rated Contributing in the Roachdale Historic District National Register of Historic Places nomination. If the nomination is approved and the district is listed on the NRHP, the building owner
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