National or State Registers Record
Roughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Sts.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Monroe Commercial District |
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| Reference Number: | 82000671 |
| Location (Address): | Roughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Sts. |
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| County: | Green |
| City/Village: | Monroe |
| Township: |
| Covering ten city blocks, the district includes 65 commercial, public, civic and industrial structures constructed of brick between 1850 and 1940. These two- and three-story buildings are of Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neoclassical and Swiss-chalet styles. The 1891 courthouse in Richardsonian Romanesque style is the heart of the district, which also includes the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library (1904) in Neo-Classical style. |
| Period of Significance: | 1850-1940 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Area of Significance: | Commerce |
| Applicable Criteria: | Event |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Business |
| Historic Use: | Landscape: Plaza |
| Architectural Style: | Early Commercial |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 05/06/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 78 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Buildings: | 22 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |