National or State Registers Record
Main St. from the Yahara River to Forest St.
National or State Register of Historic Places
| Historic Name: | Main Street Commercial Historic District |
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| Reference Number: | 82001842 |
| Location (Address): | Main St. from the Yahara River to Forest St. |
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| County: | Dane |
| City/Village: | Stoughton |
| Township: |
| Built between 1855 and 1910 during Stoughton's heyday of commercial prosperity, this district of 29 two- and three-story brick buildings designed in Italianate, Renaissance Revival and Classical Revival styles covers two uninterrupted blocks of Main Street. The unity of scale, material and detail creates a harmonious Victorian street facade. |
| Period of Significance: | 1860-1941 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Business |
| Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Professional |
| Historic Use: | Commerce/Trade: Specialty Store |
| Architectural Style: | Late Victorian |
| Architectural Style: | Classical Revival |
| Resource Type: | District |
| Architect: | Multiple |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| Historic Status: | Additional Documentation |
| National Register Listing Date: | 10/21/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 30 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| 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 |