Missouri Saloon/ Stocker Building (Imperial Caf? and Bar)

Additional Information

The three-story building measures136'x34. It is on a wood piling foundation and the roof is flat. Storefront windows are on the first floor and double hung windows are on the second and third floors. The building has a wood frame storefront comprising the street facade. Other siding on the building is galvanized metal. Flagstone facing on the first-floor exterior was applied in the 1950s. There is a wood frame cornice and sidewalk canopy. Despite alterations to the siding and detailing, the building retains its same general massing and appearance.

Originally the location of the Missouri Saloon, in 1896 it became the Louvre Theater managed by Max Endelman who extended the building 60 to 80 feet in depth to create the finest theater on the coast. The building burned and was rebuilt in 1906, and named the J.J. Stocker Building. It continued to operate as the Louvre Theater and Bar until 1917 providing live theater in Juneau. In 1918 it was converted to the mercantile store. A third floor was added in 1935.

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Inventory of Historic Sites and Structures, City and Borough of Juneau, March 1986; http/www.juneau.org/parkrec/museum/forms/digitalbob/index.php; National Register Nomination, June 17, 1994