Property Record
142 E MAPLE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | W. B. BAXTER BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | CRUBEL FINANCIAL SERVICES |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 45006 |
| Location (Address): | 142 E MAPLE ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1864 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | 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: | 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: | A SIMPLE CORBEL TABLE AT THE CORNICE LINE AND THREE SEGMENTAL ARCH OPENINGS CHARACTERIZE THIS COMMERICAL STRUCTURE. OTHER FEATURES OF THE TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING INCLUDE A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A FLAT ROOF AND A BRICK EXTERIOR. THERE WAS A SECOND STORY ADDITION BUILT BETWEEN 1894 AND 1899. (B). THE BUILDING WAS FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE HISTORIC COMMERICAL USES FOR THIS BUILDING HAVE BEEN AS A MARBLE STORE (?) IN C. 1894, AND AS A PLUMBING STORE IN C. 1899 TO C. 1927. (C) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: A STORE OR OFFICE DEALING WITH MARBLE OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING IN 1894. FROM THAT TIME UNITL AT LEAST 1927, A PLUMBING BUSINESS OPERATED FROM THIS LOCATION. (C). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. CITY OF LANCASTER TAX ROLLS. THE BUILDING IS SHOWN ON AN 1878 PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDED IN AN ALBUM AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. B. IN THE 1878 PHOTO, THE BUILDING HAD ONLY A SINGLE STORY. THE ARCHES WHICH ONCE UNDERSCORED THE CORNICE LINE OF THE ONE-STORY BUILDING, ARE STILL SOMEWHAT VISIBLE. ACCORDING TO THE SANBORN MAPS (1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927), A SECOND STORY WAS ADDED BETWEEN 1894 AND 1899. C. 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. 2005, Timothy F. Heggland. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Courthouse Square Historic District, Lancaster, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |