Property Record
2035 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HAZEL GREEN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE |
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| Other Name: | HAZEL GREEN FINE FOOD |
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| Reference Number: | 44440 |
| Location (Address): | 2035 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Hazel Green |
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| Year Built: | 1856 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | university or college building |
| 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: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: A THREE STORY SUBSTANTIAL BRICK COMMERICAL BUILDING WITH A FLAT SLOPING ROOF THAT HAS A ROW OF DEOCRATIVE DENTICULATED BRICK BELOW THE MAIN PLAIN CORNICE. FLAT STONE LINTELS AND SILLS ACCENT THIS PLAIN BUILDING THAT HAS A COMPLETELY ALTERED STORE FRONT. THIS IS THE LARGEST BUILDING IN THE COMMERICAL DISTRICT OF HAZEL GREEN. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: THIS BUILDING AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST COMMERICAL STRUCTRUES IN HAZEL GREEN IS HSITORICALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR ITS ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAZEL GREEN'S COMMERICAL DISTRICT. IT WAS ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE FIRST ACADEMY IN HAZEL GREEN. HISTORICALLY, THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN KNOWN AS THE CRAWFORD BUILDING. IT WAS BUILT BY JEFFERSON CRAWFORD TO HOUSE HIS GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORE IN 1854. (C) IN 1862, CRAWFORD MERGED HIS BUSINESS WITH CRAWFORD MILLS AND CO. GENERAL STORE. LATER, THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO CRAWFORD AND MILLS MINING COMPANY. IT IS UNCLEAR HOW LONG THE GENERAL STORE OPERATED. THE BUSINESS WAS NOT LISTED IN THE STATE DIRECTORY AFTER 1873. THIS BUILDING WAS ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE HOTEL GREEN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, A PRIVATE ACADEMY WHICH OPENED IN 1856. JEFFERSON WAS KNOWN TO HAVE SUPPORTED PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AND PERHAPS HE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH ITS ORGANIZATION. THE ACADEMY WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE REVEREND J. LOUGHRON, A.M. IT WAS A GRADED INSTITUTION ATTENDED BY MALES AND FEMALES. THE GRADES INCLUDED PRIMARY ACADEMIC (TWO GRADES), COLLEGIATE AND SEMINARY, WHICH REQUIRED SEVEN YEARS TO COMPLETE. DR. LOUGHRON WAS ASSISTED BY I. H. MILLER, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS; MRS. MARY L. CULLVER, IN THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT; MISS ALMIRA A. CULVER, PREPARATORY SCHOOL; AND MISS DELIA C. SANFORD, TEACHER OF MUSIC. (E) THE FEES TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY PER TERM WERE: PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT - $6.00 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT - $7.00 ACADEMIC DEPT, 2ND GRADE-$8.75 COLLEGE - $10.75 SEMINARY - SAME AS ACADEMIC AND COLLEGE DEPARTMENTS. (D) THE SCHOOL CLOSED AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR. (E) THE CRAWFORD BUILDING HAS CONTINUED AS A COMMERICAL BUILDING. IT HAS LATELY BEEN A GROCERY STORE. (B) PREVIOUS OWNERS INCLUDE ERNEST STADEL, WHO OWNED IT IN 1910 (A), AND MILLS RED BELL, WHICH WAS A GROCERY STORE, (A). THE MILLS RED BELL OCCUPIED THE BUILDING SOME TIME AFTER 1910. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SIMISON, V. AND D. SIMISON, "THE HISTORY OF HAZEL GREEN, WI., 1900-1976), GRANT CO. HISTORY, 1900-1976, P. 24. B. DONALD SIMISON, HAZEL GREEN, 11-22-82) C. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 1901, PP. 899-900. D. GALENA DAILY GAZETTE, SEPT. 5, 1857. E. BUTTERFIELD, HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY, 1881, P. 750. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |