Shively Block

59-73 South Wabash Street

Built: 1897

Style: Romanesque Revival

In order to create more office space for attorneys, Judge Harvey B. Shively constructed this building directly across from the County Courthouse. For a large part of its early years, the Shively Block was home to many notaries, attorneys, loan officers, and insurance men. The northernmost storefront was occupied from 1901 to 1937 by Gackenheimer Pharmacy, best known for its soda fountain.

The façade of the Shively Block is rock-faced limestone block. Romanesque Revival features include the four tourelles on the third floor that extend beyond the roof line and ground floor piers topped by foliar capitals that divide the storefronts. The second floor window groupings and entry bay add to the asymmetry of the structure.