Property Record
518 1ST STREET
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SOLOMON STUESSY BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | GLARNER STUBE |
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| Reference Number: | 47955 |
| Location (Address): | 518 1ST STREET |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | New Glarus |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 19802015 |
| 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: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Although the first floor of the Solomon Stuessy Buliding has been extensively altered, its second floor presents one of the finer brick commercial facades remaining in New Glarus. The cast iron cornice contains Stuessey's name and the date of the building. A corbel table and two round headed window openings emphasized by radiating bricks and keystones are additional design details. |
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| Bibliographic References: | INSCRIPTION ON BUILDING. A Walking tour of Historic New Glarus, Wisconsin, ca. 1995. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |