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W61 N480 WASHINGTON AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

W61 N480 WASHINGTON AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
W61 N480 WASHINGTON AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:BJ Beck's Toys
Contributing:
Reference Number:13341
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):W61 N480 WASHINGTON AVE
County:Ozaukee
City:Cedarburg
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:1975
Historic Use:livery
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Washington Avenue Historic District
National Register Listing Date:1/17/1986
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' (Washington Avenue Historic District) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation.

LARGE CLAPBOARD PORTION JOINED TO OLD STONE PORTION. STONE PORTION W/RETURNED BRACKETED EAVES

Originally a residence, it has been a general store, a grocery store and now houses the Cedarburg Visitors' Center along with the Roger Christensen General Store Museum. -A Walk Through Yesterday in Cedarburg
Bibliographic References:Cedarburg Ozaukee County News Graphic "Collection to move out of basement" 2/2/1998. Cedarburg Ozaukee County News Graphic "Does business suffer as whim of 'historical accuracy'?" 2/5/1998. Cedarburg Ozaukee County News Graphic "Museum shares offered." 7/16/1998. Cedarburg Ozaukee County News Graphic "Cedarburg General Store comes one step closer to reality." 10/5/1998. A Walk Through Yesterday in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 2005.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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