1100-1102 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1100-1102 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1100-1102 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Elizabeth Klaus Building
Other Name:Bamboo Room; The Oval Office (2009)
Contributing:
Reference Number:31727
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1100-1102 MAIN ST
County:Brown
City:Green Bay
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1893
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Survey Date:19852022
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:Unknown
Wall Material:Stucco
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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:1985 - Original display windows now filled with vertical tongue an groove board but original cast iron colonettes resting on cast iron plinths and acting as muntins are still extant, as is the cast iron lintel with rosettes as decoration which acts as a string course above the first floor windows. There is also an intact brick kickplate below the windows having inset panels of brick as well. A brick string course joins the second floor brick segmental arched window heads. the brick is set in a dogtooth course between the windows. an elaborate corbelled brick parapet terminated the facade and has an equally elaborate stamped metal cornice above. The first floor windows are now filled and the second floor windows are filled with plywood. Extensively altered in 2007. Green Bay Intensive Survey Phases 2, 3 & 4
Bibliographic References:A. Brown County Tax Rolls.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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