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1201 2ND AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1201 2ND AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1201 2ND AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Chiodo Block
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Reference Number:242099
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1201 2ND AVE
County:Barron
City:Cumberland
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1922
Additions:
Survey Date:2020
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Twentieth Century Commercial
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Surveyed in July 2020 by UWM-CRM as part of the WisDOT USH 63 reconstruction project.

The Chiodo Block was built in 1922. This two-story commercial building is rectangular in plan with a flat roof and parapet. The building is clad in variegated red brick. The original storefront on 2nd Ave. has been replaced with a stone veneer half wall, vinyl siding, and aluminum-framed windows of various sizes. Additional openings along Elm St. (the south elevation) have been filled with glass block and opaque panels. A lighted sign reading “CORNER / BAR / PIZZA & / CHICKEN” projects from the south elevation, and a similar painted metal sign reading “CORNER / BAR / GREAT FOOD” is affixed to the south wall face. The upper story retains its original window openings with cast stone sills and Neoclassical-style cast stone lintels with elongated voussoirs and keystones. The spaces inside the openings are currently covered with T-111 panels, and it is unknown if the original windows remain intact. The building is capped with a corbelled cornice and cast stone coping. The center of the front (2nd Ave.) elevation parapet is raised slightly and accentuated with cast stone scrolls; below this is a cast stone panel reading “CHIODO BLOCK / 1922”.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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