Property Record
500 N MONROE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GREEN BAY WELDING CO |
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| Other Name: | GREEN BAY WELDING CO |
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| Reference Number: | 2126 |
| Location (Address): | 500 N MONROE AVE |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 200820192022 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Art Deco |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Photo code #2: BR-FRV 1/12,13 Fine intact design with pilastered facade with pilasters rising to cornice and having concret caps. Intact display windows and garage door on south facing facade. The entrance door on the main or west facing facade has a mitered arch entrance door surround with a palaque above with the date 1930 inscribed. The original metal carriage lamps flank the entrance door. The parapet above has terra cotta caping. This is a very fine intact example of the style. NAER INVENTORY (08/1979): The Green Bay Welding Co. building is a one-story brick structure with red monochromatic exterior, and a rectangular floor plan. The structure measures approximately 45' x 55', and has a flat roof, iron girders and concrete floor and foundation. John J. Wagner started business in Green Bay in 1919 at a site on Jefferson Street. In 1930 the present building was constructed by Mr. Wagner for his Green Bay Welding Co. The firm has occupied the structure since. Green Bay Intensive Survey Phases 2, 3 & 4 |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Abrahams, Paul P. Industrial Survey of Brown County Industrial Sites Historical Industrial Survey. Unpublished manuscript from file, Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin. B. Plaque on building. C. Brown County Tax Rolls. D. Green Bay City Directory, 1931. (E.) Joyce Ryan, co-owner, intervieweed by Craig Laurent and Bill Meindl, 08/29/1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |