Property Record
420 BROADWAY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Martha Whipple Music Store |
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| Other Name: | Michael J. Vowinkel, attorney |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 82352 |
| Location (Address): | 420 BROADWAY ST |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1866 |
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| Additions: | 1892 1877 |
| Survey Date: | 2002 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | A.B. and W.G. Chandler |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/27/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Whipple was a dealer in pianos, organs and sewing machines. She also sold sheet music and music books. When she moved to Sheboygan in 1885, she sold the building to Jacob Kehl. Second floor added in 1892. In 1885, Kehl started the Kehl Cigar Co. here. The company made Reno, Marguerite and Frog brand cigars. Fessler owned the building in 1943 and Willadsen in 1965. Previously surveyed in 1997. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sheboygan Times 6/23/1877. Sheboygan Times 3/9/1878. Sheboygan Times 8/18/1877. Sheboygan Press 4/29/1927. Sheboygan Times 6/30/1877. Sheboygan County News 11/8/1882. Sheboygan County News 4/7/1897. Sheboygan County News 2/16/1898. Sheboygan Times 6/20/1885. Sheboygan County News 5/18/1892. Sheboygan Falls News 5/26/2004. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |