Property Record
225 S KNOWLES AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | O.J. WILLIAMS HARDWARE |
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| Other Name: | INK JUNKI, STOREHOUSE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 47554 |
| Location (Address): | 225 S KNOWLES AVE |
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| County: | St. Croix |
| City: | New Richmond |
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| Year Built: | 1899 |
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| Survey Date: | 19832018 |
| Historic Use: | large 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: | New Richmond Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/22/2022 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 5/20/2022 |
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| Additional Information: | Brick and plate glass are the exterior fabric on this one story commercial building. The entry is stepped back and there is a flat metal awning. The roof is flat. Upper level brick work forms a rectangular and geometric pattern. Alterations have detracted from the integrity of this building to the extent that it has no architectural significance. In 1887 this was the site of 2 buildings. On the north part was a 2 story frame building with shingled roof that housed a grocery and confectioneers. To the south the 1 story building has a wagon repair shop there. These buildings were gone in 1892. In 1900 a one story brick building with slate roof was here. It housed a hardware store with a tin shop in the rear of it. This was here until at least 1912. Schultz Brothers was established in 1935 as a family owned dimestore chain. They moved here around then. This has been Padden and Hughes hardware pre 1923. At this time Ambrose Cullen bought the store and ran hardware and funeral establishments here. In 1933 he moved the Hardware to 244 South Knowles (see SC 24-19) and Funeral Parlor to 150 Eat Third (former Lynch home (see SC 25-29). The development of this site is not associated in any significant way with people or events that would give it any importance historically. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn maps 1887, 1892, 1900, 1912, 1927 B. 1005 Edition of "The News". |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |