Property Record
140 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM WALTERS BLACKSMITH SHOP |
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| Reference Number: | 50485 |
| Location (Address): | 140 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Jackson |
| City: | Alma Center |
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| Year Built: | 1859 |
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| Survey Date: | 20052024 |
| Historic Use: | blacksmith shop |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2005- The original Front Gable portion of this building was built as a blacksmith shop by William Walters in 1858 or 1859 an d its (purportedly) the oldest surviving building in Alma Center. The building continued to function as a blacksmith shop until at least the early 1900s, when Nathan Merrill also has his shop in this building. 2024 - One-and-one-half story, front gable with a one story lean-to, metal roof, metal siding at front, vinyl siding at side, vinyl one-over-one and sliding windows, rolltop door. William Walters was a white blacksmith from Canada. His successor Nathan Merril was a white blacksmith from Wisconsin. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HISTORIC JACKSON COUNTY, 1976. BLACK RIVER FALLS BANNER JOURNAL 1/18/1995. Architecture and History Survey. October 2005. Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland. 2024 - Historic Architectural Survey for the Grid Forward -- Central Wisconsin Transmission Line Project, prepared by Stantec, Inc., for PSCW, on behalf of ATC - Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census, Alma Center, Jackson, Wisconsin, Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1870, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census, Alma Center, Jackson, Wisconsin, Fifteenth Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1930, (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |