The Shephard

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134-foot, 13-story Romanesque-revival residential building completed in 1896. Designed by Martin V. B. Ferdon as a warehouse for James Everard. The building was known as the Everard Storage Warehouse, and bore the large letters “EVERARD” in the cornice of both major facades. By 1929, until the 1970s, it was operated by Shephard Warehouses, Inc. In 1974-78, the building was converted into the Shephard House apartment building.

It is constructed of red brick and granite and has a horizontal tripartite design. The base has a rock faced two-story granite arcade superimposed by two brick stories. The mid-section has monumental brick pilasters terminating in round arches at the 10th floor, with every other floor having arch-headed windows. The upper portion has two stories with a bracketed pressed metal cornice. The cornice wraps around the rounded corner and is interrupted in the center with a panel where "EVERARD" was inscribed. A portion of the cornice at Washington Street has been removed. The lintels are brick and granite and the sills are granite.

The visible east facade is constructed of brick with windows and a terminating chimney at the southeast corner and a one-story addition at the northeast corner of the roof. The visible north facade is constructed of brick with windows and some shutter hardware remains. There is a one-story rooftop addition and a full height “L” at the northeast corner at the north facade.

The building was converted again by Beyer Blinder Belle with interiors by the Gachot Group.