Property Record
113-117 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Bonnie's Wedding Center/Hometown Office Supply |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 73576 |
| Location (Address): | 113-117 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | Viroqua |
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| Year Built: | 1885 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Viroqua Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/17/2003 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/11/2003 |
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| Additional Information: | Sanborn-Perris maps show that this two-story brick Italianate style triple store building was built prior to 1892, at which time its north space contained a grocery store, its middle space contained a drugstore, and its south space contained a harness shop. These usages continued through 1911, except that the harness store had been replaced by a clothing store by that date. 1995- "Sanborn maps show that this large two-story ltalianate style commercial building was built prior to 1892. The building is rectilinear in plan, it measures 75-feet-deep x 70- feet-wide, has a cut stone foundation, and has exterior walls clad in brick. The main facade of the building faces west onto Main Street and early photos show that its first story originally consisted ot three storefronts, the openings tor which have survived even though the storetronts themselves have been replaced with modern ones. These openings are framed and separated by pilaster strips and the two right-hand storetront openings are also separated from each other by the entrance door opening for the second story. The building's second story is stlll largely intact and it is nine-bays-wide with the two bays at each end of tne facade being separated from the five in the center by pilaster strips that terminate at the corbelled brick cornice that crowns the facade. Each bay contains a single segmental arch window opening that has a decorative brick head, although the original one-over-one-light double hung windows themselves have now been replaced with modern units. Historic photos also snow that the portion of the cornice above the five central bays was once somewhat taller than it is today and that stone finials were once positioned on it above the points where the pilaster strips end. Sanborn maps show that the retail spaces in the building have housed a variety of uses over the years. In 1892 the north space contained a grocery store, the middle space was a drugstore, and the south space contained a harness store. The same usages continued through 1911, except that the harness store had given way to a clothing store (in 1908 the spaces were occupied respectively by: C. M. 'l'hompson, groceries; O. B. Davis, drug store; and Roman & Felix, Dry Goods). Today, the building houses Bonnie's Wedding Center, the Gift Garden, and Hometown Office Supply." - "USH 14 Transportation Study ", WisDOT ID #1646-07-00, Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (1995). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Zalewski, June. "Main Street meandering: Historic Walking Tour in Viroqua, Wisconsin." Wisconsin Humanities Commission, 1990. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |