Property Record
145 E JAMES ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Turner and Blumenthal Building |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28458 |
| Location (Address): | 145 E JAMES ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1894 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Cream 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: | "ONCE THIS BUILDING HOUSED ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT MARBLE WORKING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE "INTERIOR" OF THE STATE. THE PROPERTY ORIGINALLY EXTENDED TO WATER ST. AND CONSISTED OF STONE CUTTING SHEDS AND A DISPLAY YARD. TURNER STARTED THE BUSINESS AT THIS SITE IN 1867. HIS SON, WILLIAM, ALSO WENT INTO THE BUSINESS WHICH SURVIVED UNTIL THE 1950S. MANY OF THE OLD TOMBSTONES AT HILLSIDE CEMETERY WERE MADE HERE." Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |