Kresge Building (Augusta, Maine)

The Kresge Block is a historic commercial building at 241-249 Water Street in downtown Augusta, Maine.

Built in 1932 to house a department store, it is a distinctive and rare local example of commercial Moderne architecture.

The ground floor has two storefronts with a building entrance at the far left, sheltered by a decorative bronze hood.

The lower half of the ground floor has polished granite below the glass display windows, and rising partway up the outer edge of the facade.

The windows are framed by bronze trim, which also surrounds the store label above an awning sheltering the storefronts.