Property Record
40 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM MEYERS BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | BRIDAL BOUTIQUE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 46215 |
| Location (Address): | 40 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Additions: | C. 1890 1925 |
| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | small 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: | Main Street Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/9/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | THIS TWO-STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE HAS A BRICK EXTERIOR. CUT BRICK AND PLAIN CONCRETE TRIM FORM A PATTERNED CORNICE. LOZENGES DECORATE A VERTICAL AREA NEAR THE CORNICE. BRICK LINTELS ADORN THE WINDOWS ON THE SECOND STORY. THE STREET LEVEL STOREFRONT HAS BEEN ALTERED FOR COMTEMPORARY USE. THE FACADE WAS REMODELED IN THE 20TH CENTURY. (THE D.O.E. IS 5/15/86). THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1874. ACCORDING TO THE INTENSIVE SURVEY REPORT, A REAR ADDITION WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1900 AND 1908. (SEE BIB. REF. A). HOWEVER ACCORDING TO THE INVENTORY CARD FOR THIS STRUCTURE, THE REAR ADDITION WAS BUILT IN THE 1890'S. IT ALSO INDICATES 1925 AS A SIGNIFICANT YEAR REGARDING THE FACADE, BUT IT DOES NOT ADDRESS WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SANBORN-PERRIS MAP, CITY OF PLATTEVILLE, 1884, 1900, 1908. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |