Property Record
201-205 W CENTER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RICHARDSON BLOCK |
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| Other Name: | Good Morning, Cleaners, Law Off. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 81132 |
| Location (Address): | 201-205 W CENTER ST |
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| County: | Walworth |
| City: | Whitewater |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Additions: | 1875 |
| Survey Date: | 2007 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The corner building was the location of the telephone exchange (2nd story) from about the beginning of phone service to the constructing of the new switching station in the 1960s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax Assessment Rolls; Whitewater Register, 6 August 1874, p. 3. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |