Property Record
118 GREEN BAY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THIENSVILLE STATE BANK |
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| Other Name: | Multiple Businesses |
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| Reference Number: | 13582 |
| Location (Address): | 118 GREEN BAY RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Thiensville |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 2003 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Art Deco |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | A. MOORMAN & CO. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | LOW RELIEF CARVED SANDSTONE TRIM. TRANSOMS OVER 1ST FLR WINDOWS. STONE SILLS. ATTIC COURSE. After 20 years at 136 Green Bay Road, the Thiensville State Bank chose to relocate approximately 1/2 block to the south in a new and larger, two-story banking facility designed by Albert Moorman & Company of St. Paul Minnesota. Born in Germany in 1860, Moorman immigrated to the United States with his family in 1864. After serving as an apprentice to a woodcarver, he moved to St. Paul in 1905 and established a furniture company. This work evolved into the design of bank fixtures and interiors,which led to the overall exterior design of small banking facilities in the Midwest by no later than 1914. A. Moorman & Co. was noted as "one of the most successful designers of small-town banks in the region." The Thiensville Bank operated out of this facility until the new bank was built at 200 Green Bay Road in 1963. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976). Cedarburg Ozaukee County News Graphic 1/22/1998. History of Thiensville (1976), 82. Biographical sketch of Moorman located on the website for the Northwest Architectural Archives. See 2003 Village of Thiensville Survey. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |