Property Record
116 Commercial St.
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Epitaph News office |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 129421 |
| Location (Address): | 116 Commercial St. |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | Viola |
| Township/Village: | |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 12 |
| Range: | 2 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 19 |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2003- Actually two buildings historically used as one. Eastern section is 1 1/2-story frame, false-front commercial vernacular building with concrete steps leading up to a centered peedestrian entrance. Western section is a one-story brickcommercial vernacular buildingwith a side pedestrian door featuring a double transom, a large commercial window and elaborate corbelling very similar to that on the building at 101-103 S. Main St. Commercial windows have been filled with wood panels. The remainder of the facade is clad in pressed metal. Building was probably built around 1900. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Architecture and History Survey for WisDOT project #5112-06-62 (STH 131). 2003 Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Barabara Kooiman. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |