Know Your Neighborhood: Diehl Building  

Designed by architect Jacob Naschold for bottle supplier S. Ervin Diehl, the Diehl Building at 250-252 N. 3rd Street is an interesting, idiosyncratic example of the Neoclassical style. The flat and full arch window openings with ornamental imposts and keystones, rusticated pilasters with stylized Corinthian capitals, string and belt courses, and especially the pediments over the entrances and at the roof line tie this six-story, orange brick building to the Neoclassical movement.  Nonetheless, the corbelled brick cornice and paneled parapet admit that vestiges of the waning Queen Anne style haunt
this building.  

Naschold was primarily known as an architect who designed churches and schools.

This handsome 1912 building was designed for the Diehl beverage bottling supply company, which was here until approx. 1964.

The building is now part of Bridgeview Condominiums.