Property Record
93-95 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TRACY'S AVALON THEATER |
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| Other Name: | AVALON THEATER/ JR'S NOVEL "TEES" |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 46223 |
| Location (Address): | 93-95 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | theater/opera house/concert hall |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | LIVERMORE, BARNES AND SAMUELSON |
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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 THEATRE STRUCTURE OF "SPANISH ATMOSPHERE" STYLE HAS A MOULDED CONCRETE FACADE FEATURING A CENTRAL, ROUND ARCHED PARAPET AND A SWAG ORNAMENTED FRIEZE AND CORNICE, WITH CAPPED CONCRETE PIERS. A RECESSED ENTRANCE AND TICKET BOOTH FURTHER CHARACTERIZES THE SMALL MOVIE "PALACE." ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: AS THE MOST RECENTLY BUILT STRUCTURE IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, THIS STRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL VARIETY OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY HISTORIC REVIVAL STYLE. HISTORIC BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE: THE AVALON THEATRE ON MAIN STREET WAS BUILT BY WILLIAM TRACY IN 1930. F. L. SCHROEDER OF FOND DU LAC WAS THE CONTRACTOR. LIVERMORE, BARNES AND SAMUELSON WERE THE ARCHITECTS. (SEE BIB. REF. A). TODAY, THE BUILDING IS OCCUPIED BY AVALON THEATRE, JR'S NOVEL "TEES," AND HOUSE OF BERNARD ALLEN. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SOUVENIR PROGRAM, TRACY'S AVALON THEATRE, 12-11-30, OWNER: RICHARD BARDEN, PLATTEVILLE. Wisconsin Magazine of History, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Vol. 81, #3, Spring 1998. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |