Property Record
108-112 JEFFERSON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sparta Co-op Oil Company Car Center |
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| Other Name: | Sparta Co-op Oil and Gas |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 27934 |
| Location (Address): | 108-112 JEFFERSON AVE |
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| County: | Monroe |
| City: | Sparta |
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| Year Built: | 1962 |
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| Survey Date: | 1989 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Water Street Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/12/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/3/1992 |
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| Additional Information: | This one-story commercial building constructed of concrete block, [presently painted], is characterized mainly by two large service doors that extend across the facade from the center to the west end. A entrance with a single leafed door in the east bay and a rectangular window in the adjacent bay to west further characterizes this utilitarian vernacular building. Constructed in 1962 for the Sparta Co-op Oil Company, this concrete building replaced an earlier one-story brick building on the site constructed for the Standard Oil Company. The Sparta Co-op Oil Company building is not architecturally significant because it is of modern contemporary design and is less than 50 years old. As a result, this building does not contribute to the historic character of the proposed Water Street Commercial Historic District. The present building is of recent construction (1966, 1978) and does not match the historical nature of past buildings at this location. Earlier structures existed on this property, including the Andrew P. Anderson and Peter Olson's Blacksmith shop (1916). A blacksmith shop existed here at least until 1931. Because of this property's recent construction (1966, 1978), it does not meet the criteria for historical significance and does not fall into the exception criteria for properties constructed during the 50 year non-historic period. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn-Perris Insurnace Map 1889, 1894, 1900, 1911, 1922, 1931. (B) Historic name, date of construction: City of Sparta, Community Developments Office, Building Permit File. (C) City of Sparta Tax Rolls, 1870-1940. (D) City Directory of the City of Sparta, Wisconsin. Sparta: compiled and published by E.B. Bell, 1916. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |