Property Record
213 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Clark Buick Dealership |
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| Other Name: | Petersen Buick-Pontiac Dealership |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 73583 |
| Location (Address): | 213 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | Viroqua |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | automobile showroom |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| 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: | 1995- "Sanborn maps show that this one-story Twentieth Century Commercial style building was constructed between 1911 and 1922 as an automobile showroom and garage. The building is rectilinear in plan, measures 120-feet-deep x 65-feet-wlde, has a concrete pad foundation, and has exterior walls that are clad in brick. The main facade ot the building faces west onto Main street and historic photos show that it originally had two unequal-width storetronts that flanked a deeply recessed entrance containing a large overhead garage door. These storefronts each cons1sted ot several large display windows surmounted by transoms and each of them had its own entrance door located on the canted sides of the main recessed entrance. Today, the transoms of both storefronts are covered over and the side doors and the overhead garage door are modern, but otherwise the appearance is nearly identical with the original. The remainder of the facade, including its distinctive segmental-arched parapet wall, is intact as well, and the building is still in use as an auto showroom and garage today as part of the Petersen Buick-Pontiac dealership and it is considered to be a contributing resource in the district." - "USH 14 Transportation Study ", WisDOT ID #1646-07-00, Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (1995). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |