Property Record
407 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Kellogg Dry Goods Store |
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| Reference Number: | 121048 |
| Location (Address): | 407 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Mukwonago (village) |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Survey Date: | 20011975 |
| Historic Use: | general store |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Construction date taken from 1888-1889 State Business Gazetteer. Rises from fieldstone foundation with clapboard on main facade and drop siding on remaining elevations. Carved wooden brackets adorn the gabled parapet. Porch supported by square posts and features wooden balustrade. Balcony on west facade. Built in 1888 as Kellogg's Dry Goods Store by Erastus Kellogg. Charles Job operated a harness repair business beginning in 1895. During 1920s or 1930s the original storefront was removed. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wisconsin State Business Gazetteers, 1888-1896 History of Waukesha County (1880), 970 Tax Records, 1852-1955 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |