The modest-sized three-story towered building (1906) now appears to be snuggled in, somewhat like a dollhouse, next to the glass-and-metal-skinned addition of the early 1980s. Though small, the strongly quoined six-story tower (1912) of the original building continues to draw one's attention from its larger neighbor. The imagery of the 1906 structure is loosely Italian, though it would be difficult to pin it down to a single historic period. The architectural impact of the Meredith Publishing Company lies not so much in its old and recent buildings, but in its publishing ventures, especially Better Homes and Gardens,
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Successful Farming / Meredith Publishing Company
1906, 1912, Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson. 1981–1982, remodeling, additions, Charles Herbert and Associates. 1716 Locust St.
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