Property Record
116 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Uptown Theatre |
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| Other Name: | Gartman Apartments |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 74544 |
| Location (Address): | 116 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Fort Atkinson |
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| Year Built: | 1937 |
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| Additions: | 1975 |
| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | theater |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | H. Ajango (1975) |
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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: | Three-story brick apartment building, with brick balconies across the front. The Uptown Theatre had a simple, elegant Art Moderne facade, complete with a Moderne marquee and ticket booth. It was completely altered in 1975 for conversion into apartments. The first building on this site was a tiny Greek Revival structure which housed the first bank in Fort Atkinson and Caswell's Office. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Building permit. (B) J.C. Union 11/19/1937. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |