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230 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

230 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
230 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:THE CANDY TREE
Contributing:
Reference Number:148841
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):230 MAIN ST
County:Washington
City:Kewaskum
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1915
Additions:
Survey Date:2007
Historic Use:telephone/telegraph building
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material: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:THIS SMALL BUT VERY INTACT NEOCLASSICAL REVIVAL STYLE-INFLUENCED ONE-STORY-TALL RED BRICK-CLAD COMMERCIAL BUILDING HAS A MAIN FACADE THAT FACES SOUTH ONTO MAIN ST. AND IT APPEARS TO STILL BE TOTALLY ORIGINAL.

SANBORN MAPS SHOW THAT THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1910 AND 1928 AND THAT IT HOUSED A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE DURING THESE YEARS.
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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