Property Record
217 W CHERRY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | EDWARD H. HYDE BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | BUSCH MUSIC |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 44700 |
| Location (Address): | 217 W CHERRY ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Courthouse Square Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/7/2006 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/20/2006 |
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| Additional Information: | THE MOST INCREDIBLY ORNATE STAMPED METAL FACADE IN THE CITY; IT FEATURES CLASSICAL DETAILING. THE LOWER BRICK FACADE STOREFRONT HAS BEEN ALTERED. THIS TWO STORY BUILDING IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ACCORDING TO THE INTENSIVE SURVEY. THE COMMERICAL BUILDING HAS A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION AND A FLAT ROOF SHAPE. THE COMMERICAL OR INDUSTRIAL HISTORICAL USE (SOURCE) IS AS A PARKING STRUCTURE, CIRCA 1927. (B) THE DATE OF CONSTRUCTION IS 1900-1901. (D) HISTORICAL STATEMENT: ACCORDING TO THE SANBORN PERRIS MAPS, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILDING WAS CONTEMPLATED AS EARLY AS 1899 FOR THE MAP DISTRIBUTED IN THAT YEAR INCLUDED THE STRUCTURE BUT ADDED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS "FROM PLANS." IN 1905, THE BUILDING WAS LISTED AS "UNFINNESHED" AND IN 1912 AS VACANT. THE METAL FACADE, WHICH DISTINGUISHES THE BUILDING ARCHITECTURALLY, IS NOTED ON THE 1912 MAP. IN 1927, THE STRUCTURE WAS USED AS A GARAGE WITH A CAPACITY OF SIX CARS; A MEETING HALL OCCUPIED THE BUILDING'S SECOND FLOOR. (B) A mechanic by trade, in his spare time Ed played the trumpet in the Lancaster City Band. "At 217 West Cherry Street is the Hyde Building. Constructed by Ed Hyde between 1901 and 1905, its most distinctive feature is its second-story stamped sheet metal facade, popular around the turn-of-the-century. Done in the neoclassical style, the facade is complete with lions' heads, cherubs, and a frieze with garland wreaths. A mechanic by trade, in his spare time Ed played trumpet in the Lancaster City Band." Lancaster's Historic Courthouse Square |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. 1905, 1912 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. B. 1894, 1899,1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. C. HISTORIC PHOTO, PHOTO ALBUM, LANCASTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY D. CITY OF LANCASTER TAX ROLLS 2005, Timothy F. Heggland. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Courthouse Square Historic District, Lancaster, WI. Lancaster's Historic Courthouse Square, Lancaster Historic Preservation Commission, 2006. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |