100 E COLLEGE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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100 E COLLEGE AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
100 E COLLEGE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ADKIN'S STONE BLOCK
Other Name:BURGER KING
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:39087
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):100 E COLLEGE AVE
County:Outagamie
City:Appleton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1856
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:restaurant
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: College Avenue Historic District
National Register Listing Date:12/2/1982
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' (College Avenue Historic District) exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation.

Additional map codes are: 8/20.

2018- "This structure was built in 1856 by C.G. Adkins for a general store and office space. It was the first three story building in the city and is one of the oldest standing buildings in Appleton. To preserve the building, the Avenue Mall was built around it.

Style: Italianate

Builder: J. W. Woodward

Notable Features:
Unusual Limestone construction on 1st level of West Wall. Probably River Bed Limestone exterior with Quoins, square window heads on 2nd level, arched on 3rd.

Build by Woodward for general store and offices. Later run by his daughter and her husband Byron Douglas who was the first local dentist."
-"City of Appleton Meeting Agenda-Final Historic Preservation Commission", March 20,2018, Prepared by Appleton Historic Commission"
Bibliographic References:City of Appleton Meeting Agenda-Final Historic Preservation Commission", March 20,2018, Prepared by Appleton Historic Commission
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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