618 MAIN ST

618 MAIN ST

Brown

Wrightstown

1904

2009

depot

One Story Cube

Brick

No

A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Built in 1904, the subject building served as the Wrightstown substation and depot for the electric interurban streetcar line that ran between Green Bay and Kaukauna, which operated from 1904 to 1928.

2009- "The Wrightstown Interurban Substation is located on the north side of Main Street in between Broadway and Green streets in the Village of Wrightstown, Brown County. It is found on the edge of Wrightstown's village center, which features post office, municipal and commercial buildings. Immediately to the west is an area of early- to mid-twentieth century residential development. The subject building sits on a small grassy lot and has an approximate setback of nine feet from the current back of curb of Main Street. The Wrightstown Interurban Substation is the only resource on the property.

Interurban Substation (Contributing, 1904)
This brick, one-story, interurban substation has a hipped roof. The primmy (south) facade features a left-of-center entrance containing a wood-paneled door and transom that is flanked by single, six-over-one, double-hung, wooden sash windows. To the right is a vehicular opening with an overhead garage door. Rock-faced, stone trim courses are found at the lintel and sill levels of the window, as well as at the base of the elevation. An unusual feature on the primary facade are names and dates written in pencil on a number of the bricks. Some date back to 1907 and were presumably written by former passengers while they waited for the streetcar.

The side (east) elevation contains four, irregularly spaced, segmental-arched window openings featuring rowlock brick lintels and rock-faced, stone sills. Although covered with plywood, these openings retain their six-over-six, double-hung, wooden sash windows. Three identical window openings are found on the rear (north) elevation.

The side (west) elevation features a single window opening and two, larger door openings. These door openings also have rock-faced, stone sills and are covered with plywood. The door opening in the center of the facade retains its historic, paired, four-light sliding doors on the interior.

Exterior alterations to the building consist of the vehicular opening installed on the primary facade by Wisconsin Public Service after the interurban line was discontinued in 1928. A primary facade dormer was removed by the current owner who has owned the building for approximately thirty years. Two interior brick chimneys by the side (west) elevation have also been removed.

On the interior, the building features an open plan with painted, exposed brick walls and a concrete floor. A small room, presumably the former station supervisor's office, is found inside the primary facade entrance. The building formerly contained electric transformers and other equipment when it served as an interurban substation."
-"Wrightstown Interurban Station", WisDOT#4095-12-00, Prepared by Heritage Reasearch, Ltd. (McQuillen), (2009).

Roebke-Berens & Berens, Village on the Fox: Historical Sketches of Wrightstown and Southern Brown County, 182-183; Brown County Democrat, 1 April, 13 May, 15 July, 12 August, 2 September & 2 December 1904.

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