Forker Building
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Masonic Temple (Forker Building)
1907. 200 E. 1st St.
This two-story block of cast stone built by automobile maker Walter Chrysler's father-in-law, George Forker, has arched, doublesash second-story windows with decorative keystones above a typical transomed storefront. The structure survived a 1910 fire and became the Masonic temple.
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