303 Main St | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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303 Main St

Architecture and History Inventory
303 Main St | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Friendship Cafe
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Reference Number:243553
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):303 Main St
County:Adams
City:Friendship
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1960
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Survey Date:2021
Historic Use:restaurant
Architectural Style:Contemporary
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:This 1-story Contemporary restaurant building was constructed in 1960 as the Friendship Café. It is rectangular in plan with buff-colored brick walls (and concrete block side walls) and a low-pitched gable roof. The front elevation faces east and is asymmetrical in plan with a recessed entrance at the south end of the façade. The metal-framed glass door that comprises the entrance is accentuated by a telescoping wood frame; low brick knee-walls further frame the entrance on each side. The remaining façade contains two large metal-framed shop windows just north of the entrance and a solid wall space clad in T1-11 siding comprising the remainder of the façade (original photos indicate that this space has never contained windows, but served to display the restaurant’s name, as it does today). A brick bulkhead wall runs the length of the façade north of the entrance. A flat-roofed awning spans the width of the façade. The building continues to function as the Friendship Café today.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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