Property Record
121 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | JEFFERSON COUNTY BANK |
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Other Name: | MILLER LAW OFFICE |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 6847 |
Location (Address): | 121 S MAIN ST |
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County: | Jefferson |
City: | Jefferson |
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Year Built: | 1875 |
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Additions: | 1902 |
Survey Date: | 1993 |
Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
Architect: | CLAUDE & STARCK |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Commercial Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 1/7/1998 |
State Register Listing Date: | 7/17/1997 |
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Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Claude and Starck of Madison created this ornate Romanesque Revival design for the Jefferson County Bank around 1900. The one-story stone facade is narrow and delicately proportioned, but it teems with tiny details. Byzantine capitals, classical acanthus leaves, and grotesques of human heads crown a pair of slender engaged columns whose smooth shafts rise from blocky pedestals. Reptilian creatures, carved in stone blocks, peer out from beneath a low-pitched gabled parapet, embellished by bead molding. Defining the storefront, paired arches, lined with profuse moldings, spring from slender columns that are grouped in singles, pairs, and triplets. Surmounting the capitals, carved lions seem poised as if ready to pounce. |
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Bibliographic References: | SANBORN MAP. BUILDINGS OF WISCONSIN MANUSCRIPT. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |