207 W NORTH WATER ST

207 W NORTH WATER ST

Waupaca

New London

1881

2020

large retail building

Commercial Vernacular

Brick

No

Surveyed 2020: Built on the north side of the street, facing south and separated from the street by the adjacent sidewalk, this structure was constructed of brick in 1881 with three storefronts. It is considered to be of commercial vernacular style, though a hint of the Romanesque is offered by the almost out-of-place semi-circular arches immediately above the eight, segmentally arched windows in the primary façade. The building is anchored by two stylized columns, one in the southwest corner and one in the southeast. The public entrance is recessed and centered in the store front. It is comprised of a large window flanked by two, modern doors, each with a transom above. To either side of the recessed entrance a bulkhead projects south to the greater building front, then to the right extending to the east endwall and that to the left extending to the west endwall. Three, squared, symmetrically placed columns break into groups of two the display windows carried by the bulkheads on either side of the entryway. These windows are all sheltered by awnings. A single, narrower window is to the outer side of columns one and three on each side of the entryway. Centered in the second floor is one pair of one-over-one-light, double hung sashes, each with a segmental arched head under a Romanesque hood. Three single windows are symmetrically placed to either side of the centered window pair. All windows have concrete sills. The relief demonstrated in the cornice is modest and focuses on the repetitive use of corbeled bricks. The cornice breaks in the building center in apparent deference to the Romanesque arch over the paired windows in the center. The building is crowned by a cornice and stylized column capitals in each corner of the building. The structure’s east sidewall has no openings, except for a doorway at the wall’s north end. A four step parapet descends as the wall extends north.

New London Public Museum, New London Public Museum Presents the Walking Tour of Historic Downtown (New London, WI: New London Public Museum, 2008).

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