N88 W16414 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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N88 W16414 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
N88 W16414 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Auto Sales Co. Buick Garage
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:8085
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N88 W16414 MAIN ST
County:Waukesha
City:Menomonee Falls
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1919
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:automobile showroom
Architectural Style:Twentieth Century Commercial
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:1995
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Main Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:9/21/1988
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:Multiple Resources of Menominee Falls
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Jacob Arnold erected this building in 1919. It originally had a capacity of 35 cars. He utilized the former two story warehouse of the I.B. Rowell Co. Agricultural Implement Works as an auto storage building. Arnold sold the building by 1949.
Bibliographic References:Historic name, date of construction: Menomonee Falls News, 8/1/1919. Menomonee Falls News 2/9/1917. Interview with Joan Rausch 4/1986. 1925 Sanborn-Perris map. R.L. Polk and Co., 1919: 588-589. R.L. Polk and Co., 1924: 608-609. R.L. Polk and Co., 1928: 533-534. Johnson, 1985: 31-32. Tax records.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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