Property Record
500 S 16TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Plate Furnace Building |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 57547 |
Location (Address): | 500 S 16TH ST |
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County: | Manitowoc |
City: | Manitowoc |
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Year Built: | 1917 |
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Survey Date: | 1985 |
Historic Use: | industrial building |
Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
Structural System: | Unknown |
Wall Material: | Metal |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | This is a one story manufacturing building built of frame construction now clad in corrugated metal. The gable roof has a large monitor roof. There is a small gable roofed shed on the west end of the building. The plate furnace shop was built as part of the plant expansions for WWI. During WWII the larger portion of the building became the plant blacksmith shop. |
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Bibliographic References: | A. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. "Manitowc: 75 Years of Growth and Diversification, 1902-1977" Manitowoc, 1977, pp. 12-13. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |