Haas Wholesale Grocery Company
Located at 201 N Washington Street and built in 1898, the Haas Wholesale Grocery building is a four-story brick, three-bay, two-part commercial building with Italianate influences. The first story of the west façade has a sheathing of rock-faced limestone. The entrance is set within a large arched opening with radiating voussoirs. The arches spring from bases which have four marble columns and floral capitals. Display windows which flank the entrance bay are also original with three-light transoms, above the storefront is a stone frieze with incised chevron molding. The upper façade has three bays. The central bay has three one-over-one rectangular wood sash windows while the flanking bays have two one-over-one rectangular wood sash windows. Each window has a rock-faced stone lintel and sill. Diving each bay are rock-faced stone piers and at the corners of the building are also stone piers. Windows on the fourth floor are arched with stone keystones. At the roofline is a large sheet-metal cornice with dentils and brackets. The central bay of the cornice is pedimented with a stamped panel inscribed “Edw. Haas, 1898.” The north and south facades are divided into six bays with similar window designs. At the rear of the building is an original one-story wing with arched windows and corbelled brick panels.
The building was built as Haas Wholesale Grocery Company in 1898. It was constructed with an electric elevator and an automatic sprinkler system. The company was one of the leading produce companies of southwest Missouri in the early 20th century. It was later Ratliff Feed and is now RISE Elementary School.
(Bricks and Boards, Stone and Mortar: 1991 Neosho Historical Building Survey by the Neosho Historic Preservation Committee 1995)
