211 S Main was built in 1891 for J. M. Bach.

Bach House: boxy weatherboarded Queen Anne with L-shaped cross-gable roof and 3-story square tower with pressed metal-covered pyramidal roof rising at northeast corner; gables and top stage of tower sheathed in decorative shingles; tower has round arched windows in top stage and lunette eyebrow vents in roof; entrance porch slightly recessed in base of tower with turned embossed posts and scroll-sawn spandrels; gabled south bay 3-sided at Ist story; 1-1/2 story rear wing with gabled wall dormers; interior features ornate mantels, brass hardware, stained glass windows; built for Swiss native Prof. J. M. Bach, organist for First Presbyterian Church and nusic director for Henderson Female Academy; he and wife Henrietta taught piano and led German Singing Society; later occupants included park policeman Hector W. Kohl (1909, 1915) and J. W. Eakins (1927).

The Gleaner • Sun, Aug 09, 1891