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1513-15 BELKNAP ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1513-15 BELKNAP ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1513-15 BELKNAP ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:BELKNAP ELECTRIC CO
Contributing:
Reference Number:17550
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1513-15 BELKNAP ST
County:Douglas
City:Superior
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
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Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1894
Additions:
Survey Date:1975198320122019
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Sandstone
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:2012- This previously surveyed, two-story-tall, rectilinear plan commercial building has a brownstone-clad main facade that faces south onto Belknap St. Ave. while its side and rear elevations are clad in brown brick. This building was built in 1894 according to the City of
Superior Assessor's records and in its original state it was a fine example of a larger Commercial Vernacular form building whose
design displays well-crafted design elements that were influenced by the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style. However, survey
photos taken in 1983 shows that the building's main facade still retained its original first story store windows and doors at that time as
well as its original two-over-two-light second story windows, but the second story ones have all now been replaced with smaller
modern one-light windows and the three original entrance doors have now all been replaced or boarded over as well.
-"USH 2 (Belknap St.)" WisDOT ID #8680-00-01 (71), Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland (MAP) (2012).


ROUGH FACED SANDSTONE FACADEALTERNATING ROUND ARCH AND RECTANGULAR 2ND FLR TRANSOMED WINDOWS SEGMENTAL ARCH & SHAPED ARCH TRANSOMED 1ST FLR OPENINGSRECESSED CNR DOORWAYS [Date Cnst:(ASSESSOR'S RECORD)]
Bibliographic References:Eckert, Kathryn. Sandstone Buildings in the Lake Superior Region. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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