Property Record
203 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | KEWASKUM VILLAGE HALL |
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| Other Name: | SMITH & HATCH INSURANCE |
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| Reference Number: | 14613 |
| Location (Address): | 203 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | Kewaskum |
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| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Survey Date: | 2007 |
| Historic Use: | city/town/village hall/auditorium |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | /LOUIS BRANDT |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1903 BY LOUIS BRANDT AS A COMBINATION VILLAGE HALL/OFFICES, JAIL, FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS FIVE-SIDED TWO-STORY-TALL BRICK BUILDING ORIGINALLY HAD TALL SEGMENTAL ARCH WINDOWS W/KEYSTONES DOUBLE HUNG WINDOWS WITH MULTI-LIGHT TRANSOMS. ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS HAVE NOW BEEN REPLACED, THE ORIGINAL CUPOLA HOUSING THE FIRE BELL HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED, AND THE ORIGINAL CORNICE HAS BEEN REMOVED AS WELL. |
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| Bibliographic References: | FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF KEWASKUM. SANBORN-PERRIS CO., 1894, 1900, 1910, 1928. SMUCKER, MARK. KEWASKUM THEN AND NOW. KEWASKUM: 1976, PP. 21, 57-58 (PHOTOS). #28;Architecture/History Survey.#29; August 2007. Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |