N88 W16665 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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N88 W16665 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
N88 W16665 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:MACE BLOCK
Other Name:LOHMILLER'S CARD 'N CANDLE SHOP
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:8095
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N88 W16665 MAIN ST
County:Waukesha
City:Menomonee Falls
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1909
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Leenhouts & Guthrie
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
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:Mason was Nels Lund. Garwin A. Mace erected this building as an addition to the Van Vechten Block in 1909. Mace was a lime manufacturer and first village president; he left the area in 1919. The building originally was planned to house four separate stores and office space for Mace. It was also constructed to allow for a future second story. M.A. Schmoyer's men's wear business, previously in the Van Vechten Building, moved here in 1909. From 1910-1925, the building housed a music shop, clothing store, dry goods and general merchandise store. By 1927, Fred Leschuck retailed shoes here. The original storefront with three Main St. entrances and an east side entrance have been greatly altered or eliminated.
Bibliographic References:Cornice stone. Menomonee Falls News, 3/17/1909. Menomonee Falls News 7/9/1909. Menomonee Falls News 8/6/1909. Tax records. 1910, 1925 Sanborn maps. Menomonee Falls News 1/5/1917. Menomonee Falls News 6/30/1925. Menomonee Falls News 11/5/1909. Photographs and Memories, A Pictorial History of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1976. Menomonee Falls News 1/5/1909. Interview with Lillian Siewert 4/9/1986. Wright Directory Co., 1909: 275. R.L. Polk and Co., 1927: 533. Menomonee Falls News 5/11/1909. Excelsior Publishing Co., 1874: 530, 673. Architects Leenhouts & Guthrie are cited as the architects of the block and the approximate cost is noted as $4,000 in "Tariff Affects Local Realty," Evening Wisconsin, 5 June 1909, page 14, col. 1.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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