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212-214 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
212-214 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:K AND R DRAPERIES
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:14614
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):212-214 MAIN ST
County:Washington
City:Kewaskum
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1870
Additions:C. 1885
Survey Date:2007
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream 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:A FLAT-ROOFED ONE-STORY COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR FORM BLDG IS ATTACHED TO THE WEST-FACING SIDE ELEVATION OF AN EARLIER TWO-STORY-TALL FRONT GABLE FORM CREAM BRICK-CLAD HOUSE. MOULDED WOODEN CORNICE ON COMMERCIAL BLDG, SEGMENTAL ARCH WINDOWS ON THE HOUSE'S SECOND STORY.

Sanborn maps show that these buildings were already connected as early as 1894, in which year the commercial portion housed a meat market. The house was built c.1870 and that commercial building, c.1885.
Bibliographic References:FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF KEWASKUM. SANBORN-PERRIS CO., 1894, 1900, 1910, 1928. #28;Architecture/History Survey.#29; August 2007. Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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