CA 46 CRESCENT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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CA 46 CRESCENT ST

Architecture and History Inventory
CA 46 CRESCENT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:MAZOMANIE SICKLE BUILDING
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:5492
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):CA 46 CRESCENT ST
County:Dane
City:Mazomanie
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1902
Additions:
Survey Date:1979
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Mazomanie Downtown Historic District
National Register Listing Date:8/19/1992
State Register Listing Date:3/13/1992
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:FORMER HOME OF THE MAZOMANIE SICKLE, FOUNDED IN 1874

"The Mazomanie Sickle Building is the village's only surviving example of the Boom Town style, the main characteristic of which is the high, false front which does not correspond in shape to the roof behind it. It was built for use as a printing plant by Harold L. Swan, editor of The Sickle, Mazomanie's newspaper.

Swan ran his newspaper business out of the second story of the D. W. Bronson Block and the C. J. Trager Building before building this small office behind his house on East Hudson Street.

In later years the front of the building was altered so that it could be used as a garage. Otherwise the frame exterior remains in its original condition.

Swan published The Sickle from 1893 to 1933. He also served the village as clerk, treasurer, and member of the board of trustees." Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.
Bibliographic References:CONSTRUCTION DATE AND HISTORIC NAME FOUND IN NR FORM. Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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