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121 S MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
121 S MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:JEFFERSON COUNTY BANK
Other Name:MILLER LAW OFFICE
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:6847
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):121 S MAIN ST
County:Jefferson
City:Jefferson
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1875
Additions: 1902
Survey Date:1993
Historic Use:bank/financial institution
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cut Stone
Architect: CLAUDE & STARCK
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Main Street Commercial Historic District
National Register Listing Date:1/7/1998
State Register Listing Date:7/17/1997
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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.
Bibliographic References:SANBORN MAP. BUILDINGS OF WISCONSIN MANUSCRIPT.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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