Property Record
242 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | KEWASKUM STATESMAN NEWSPAPER |
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| Reference Number: | 14616 |
| Location (Address): | 242 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | Kewaskum |
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| Survey Date: | 2007 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | CREAM BRICK-CLAD TWO-STORY BOOMTOWN STYLE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. SEGMENTAL ARCH LINTELS, TRANSOM OVER DOORS AND WINDOWS. FIRST STORY OF THE MAIN SOUTH-FACING FACADE IS NOW (2007) SHELTERED BY A MODERN FULL-WIDTH SHED-ROOFED FRONT PORCH BUILT BETWEEN 1977 AND 2007. SANBORN MAPS SHOW THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT PRIOR TO 1894. |
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| 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |