Property Record
501 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | M. Stoffel and Co. Building |
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| Other Name: | Reinder's Apartments |
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| Reference Number: | 14775 |
| Location (Address): | 501 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Addison |
| Unincorporated Community: | ALLENTON |
| Town: | 11 |
| Range: | 18 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 16 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Additions: | 1923 |
| Survey Date: | 19982020 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | SHAPED PARAPET W/DATESTONES ON AT LEAST 2 SIDES. DENTILLED MOULDED EAVE. CORBELLED CORNICE. ALTERED WINDOWS AND 1ST FLR FRONT. UNUSUAL STILTED FLAT LINTELS W/LARGE KEYSTONE. One story addition was constructed in 1923. Was a grocery store until 1985. 1999- "This two-story commercial vernacular brick building was built in 1912 as theM. Stoffel & Company. The front facade of this flat-roofed building has a decorative parapet topped with a contrasting stone cornice. A wood cornice with dentils wraps the upper portion of the front facade and a portion of the east and west facades. Window openings on all facades have been altered, and windows have been replaced. Decorative brick hoods with a central limestone keystone remain on the first story level of the east and west facades, but the broadfront windows of the original storefront have been filled with bricks and modern windows. A large concrete porch with a double stairway and modern iron railing provides access to the two modern doors that replace the original entry door. There is a brick addition at the rear of the building." -"Allenton 7.5, Washington Co.", WisDOT#1412-02-00, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., (1999). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Date stone. Washington County History and Driving Tours presented by the Washington County Landmarks Commission, 1999. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |