Property Record

212 E 5TH ST

Architecture and History Inventory

NAMES
Historic Name:	TELEPHONE BUILDING
Other Name:	SCHUSTER CAMPMAN ABSTRACT
Contributing:
Reference Number:	130338

PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):	212 E 5TH ST
County:	Clark
City:	Neillsville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:	1935
Additions:
Survey Date:	2003
Historic Use:	telephone/telegraph building
Architectural Style:	Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:	Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:	No
Demolished Date:

NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:	Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:

NOTES
Additional Information:	Constructed in the mid 1930s as a booster station on the transcontinental communication line laid by AT&T. Until reused as office for Abstract Company, was full of wires. Location and style may have been chosen to hide the actual use of the building.
Bibliographic References:	Theo. Jonkel, manuscript, 1987.

RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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