Property Record
83 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ralph Block |
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| Other Name: | Betsy Ross Shoppe |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 74500 |
| Location (Address): | 83 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Fort Atkinson |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Additions: | 1974 |
| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/7/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Two-story cream brick load-bearing; three segmentally-arched window openings on second floor have been partially blocked-up; decorative cornice. First floor altered but basic original configuration remains. This building housed the Fair Store, a cnofectionary, a grocery and a jewelry store. One of four built on site of buildings destroyed by fire in 1893. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) J.C. Union 8/11/1893. (B) Purchase agreement. (C) C. Rogers, "Reminiscences..." art. #342. (D) J.C. Union, Cent. Ed. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |