Property Record
543 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 138685 |
| Location (Address): | 543 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Fall River |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | general store |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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: | 2001: This building is one of a handful of commerical structures that forms a secondary commercial district adjacent to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad tracks. This area was platted by S.L. Batchelder 1866, following the arrival of the railroad in 1864. The commercial bilding a 543 South Main Street was built c.1880. The Sanborn Fire Insurance maps from 1915 and 1927 show that this building housed a general store. The 1943 Sanborn map does not identify the type of store then in the building. All three maps indicate that the shed next door was used for storage. the 1915 Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory lists three general stores in Fall River. The largest, Fall River Mercantile, was located in the downtown commercial area. The other two were Adolph Weber's General Store and the People's Co-operative Store. Either one of thise concerns might have occupied the building at 542 South Main Street. Frank Moore ran a grocery store in this building for some 50 years until his death three or four years ago. The property has been vacant since that time and is falling into disrepair. This is a modest building, and the alterations to the storefront along with the addition connecting it to a storage shed compromise its integrity. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Architecture/History Survey 2001: Elizabeth Miller |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |