Property Record
200 S 1ST ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Al Frederick's Livery and Boarding Stable |
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| Other Name: | Saint Vincent De Paul Society |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 74644 |
| Location (Address): | 200 S 1ST ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | livery |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/2/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Dismantled brick by brick; site to be a parking lot JD 2/27/89. This was the location of Al Frederick's Livery and Boarding Stable between c. 1900 and c. 1915. After that time it was the location of an auto supply and service shop. This building has historical interest as the livery and boarding stable of Al Frederick's. While it is a subtstantial building, constructed for a business usually located in frame buildings, it is not a particularly hisoric livery stable. Initial research indicates it is one of only two extant livery stables in Watertown and may be significant for that reason, since historic resources related to the horse-era have largely disappeared in most communities, including Watertown. At present it is not individually historically significant but contributes to the overall development of commerce in the Main Street Commercial historic district. Built in the late 1890s as the Al Frederick's Livery and Boarding Stable, this cream brick, six-bay building is characterized by a wide corbelled brick cornice, a three-sided, metal covered oriel window trimmed with dentils and paneled apron, and rectangular windows with chiseled stone lintels with articulated keystone. A large segmental arched tri-parte window and a double leafed door are located on the north elevation. Frederick's Livery and Stable has been altered extensively on the lower story. Originally exhhibiting large arched window and entrance on the lower story of the facade, the building has received a more contemporary storefront. A door with transom window is located on the south end of the facade. The building has been altered further by the removal of the turret on the northwest corner and by the application of paint to the exterior. Used as an auto garage by the 1920s, the former Stable and Livery Building was enlarged by a frame addition at the rear of the south elevation. Originally characterized by a corner turret, the Al Frederick's Livery and Boarding Stable still retains the oriel window and textured surface associated with this Victorian style. Although this building is not architecturally significant, the building contributes to the historic character of the Main Street Commercial Historic District. better preserved examples of the style include the Staats Saloon at 201 S. Third St. (73-10) and the Sommerfeld Building at 202-204 W. Main (65-30). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Tax Records, City of Watertown, 1860-1910, Area Research Center, University of Wisconson-Whitewater. (B) Sanborn Insurance Map, City of Watertown, 1884, 1895, 1900 (New York: Sanborn Map Co.). (C) Photograph, c. 1900 in possession of owner, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schmutzler, Watertown, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |