National Register Record for AMPHLETT BROTHER'S DRUG AND JEWELRY STORE

Historic Name: AMPHLETT BROTHER'S DRUG AND JEWELRY STORE
Current Name: APACHE MUNICIPAL BUILDING
Address: CORNER OF EVANS AND COBLAKE
City: APACHE            County: CADDO
Section: 21           Township: 5N           Range: 11W          
Description of significance: LOCATED ON THE MOST PROMINENT CORNER IN APACHE AND CLOSELY RESEMBLING THE APACHE STATE BANK BUILDING, THE AMPHLETT BROTHERS BUILDING REPRESENTS THE HIGH POINT IN LATE VICTORIAN COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE. COMPLETED IN 1903, THIS BRICK BUILDING FEATURES A CORNER TURRET WITH A CONICAL ROOF, FOUR ORIEL WINDOWS THAT HAVE INTRICATE RELIEF MOLDINGS, AND A POLICHROMATIC CORBEL TABLE. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 5/11/82.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: COMMERCE
Current Function: CITY HALL
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: COMMERCE
Architectural Style: LATE VICTORIAN COMMERCIAL STYLE
Architect: None
Year Built: 1902-03            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: "EARLY DAY APACHE", APACHE NEWS, JUNE 26, 1980 AND JULY 3, 1980; "RECOLLECTIONS OF APACHE", W.I. DARNELL, PRAIRIE LORE, VOL. 17, NO. 1, BOOK 65, OCTOBER 1980, PP. 39-57.
Date Prepared: OCTOBER 1, 1981