Jim Amoss Building

110 South Wabash Street

Built: 1880

Style: Italianate

This structure was constructed in 1880 under the direction of James M. Amoss, an attorney, Circuit Court Clerk, and Wabash City Clerk. The building has seen many occupants including a tailor shop, an insurance company, a barber shop and public bath in 1897, and a confectionary and fruit shop in 1901. It was the home of the Knights of Pythias in 1907, and in 1924 it housed the Wabash Business College and the Salvation Army. The Jim Amoss Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

The Italianate structure has gone through minor changes but many original aspects remain such as the cast-iron brackets supporting the second-floor balcony and the decorative metal hoods over the upper-story windows. Of great note is the attractive cornice with scroll brackets and dentils and the decorative oval panels of the frieze.