Property Record
123-125 S WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Larscheid Building |
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| Other Name: | The Velvet Room |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37932 |
| Location (Address): | 123-125 S WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862017 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Green Bay Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/13/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/16/2018 |
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| Additional Information: | First floor display windows altered, as well as the kick plate. Fine cut stone hexagonal engaged columns frame the twin entrance doors at the opposite ends of the first floor on the main facade. These columns have unusual stylized plant motifs. The eight second floor windows are treated as a band and have concrete sills and lintels, although the windows themselves have been altered with modern aluminum windows. 2017-NRHP District Nomination This two-story commercial building was built in 1930. Original tenants included Larscheid’s Outdoor Advertising agency at 123 S. Washington and a hamburger shop at 125 S. Washington. The building was home to the Green Bay Business College until the 1970s. This building’s symmetric façade has an entrance for 123 S. Washington at far left and an entrance for 125 S. Washington at far right. Each entrance is framed by original, hexagonal, engaged columns of cut stone. The capitals of these engaged columns have a plant motif and support a cornice that extends nearly the full width of the façade. The remainder of the first story has been altered; first story windows have been replaced, and a stone veneer has been applied to all other areas. The second story of this building retains an excellent degree of integrity. Here, the original brick façade features a band of eight replacement windows, each with a concrete sill and lintel. A band of plain concrete panels is located above the four windows at left, and an identical band is located above the four windows at right. Each band of concrete panels is framed by two ranks of bricks, arranged as rowlocks above and below and headers at left and right. A metal coping tops the façade, with a continuous band of embossed swags just below. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Brown County Tax Rolls. (B) Green Bay CIty Directory, 1931. (C) Green Bay Press-Gazette. Green Bay, Wisconsin. 06 Jan 1939, page 3. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |