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431 TOWER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

431 TOWER AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
431 TOWER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:O SEVERSON BLOCK (CORNICE BLOCK)
Other Name:SUPERIOR VOCATIONS CENTER INC
Contributing:
Reference Number:17792
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):431 TOWER AVE
County:Douglas
City:Superior
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1911
Additions:
Survey Date:20092019
Historic Use:social recreational/fraternal hall
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Metal
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:0
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:SIMPLE BRICKWORK CORNICE W/ DENTILLED EAVESSITE SERVED AS MEETING HALL FOR VARIOUS FINNISH LABOR GROUPS ALTERED 1ST FLR FRONT W/ CONCRETE BLK AND BRICK INFILLING [Date Cnst:(CORNICE BLOCK)]

Note: this building has now (2009) been demolished since it was first surveyed.

2019: Building extant, completely reclad in metal siding. Original building apparent in the shape of the parapet and arrangement of windows
Bibliographic References:Architecture and History Survey. October 2009, August 2010, December 2010. 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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