817 E JOHNSON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

817 E JOHNSON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
817 E JOHNSON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:James and Mary Lavin Grocery Store
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:78260
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):817 E JOHNSON ST
County:Dane
City:Madison
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1899
Additions:
Survey Date:19842012
Historic Use:grocery
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:This 2 1/2 story Queen Anne commercial building was constructed in 1899 as a grocery. It is rectangular in plan with brick
and clapboard walls and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. The front elevation faces northwest and is asymmetrical in plan.
The first story contains a bank of modern shop windows with a band of small fixed-sash windows above and two single
doors; the second story contains a three-sided bay window adjacent to a single 1-over-1 window. A pair of smaller 1-over-1 windows is located below the gable; the wall under the gable is clad in wood clapboard siding while the first- and
second-story walls are painted brick. A new exterior mural was painted on 11/30/2017 and covered the previous mural that was painted by Niki Glen.

The interior of the building was not available for viewing or photographing at the time of this survey.

Map code is 0709-132-1035-1 (part).

Resurveyed August 2012; changes include the replacement of first-story windows.
Bibliographic References:“Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct E. Johnson St.: N. Butler St. To N. Baldwin St.” WHS project number 13-0193/DA. 2013. Great Lakes Area Research Center (Gail Klein).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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