Property Record
125 N LUDINGTON
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TOPP'S CASH STORE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28454 |
| Location (Address): | 125 N LUDINGTON |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Additions: | 1886 |
| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | general store |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Columbus Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/5/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/22/1992 |
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| Additional Information: | ORIGINALLY HOUSED A GENERAL STORE AND GROCERY OF CHARLES TOPP. HE ALSO SOLD STEAMSHIP TICKETS HERE. THE METAL CORNICE WAS ADDED IN THE 1890S. "This is really three buildings. The lower part on the right (originally two buildings) housed the grocery and general store of Charles Topp. He also sold steamship tickets here. The business was very successful and in 1886 he bought the building on the left from a shoe salesman named Breuning and expanded his dry goods store. The metal cornice on this building was added in the 1890s." Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Columbus History and Architecture Tours, 2009. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |