Property Record
56 E MONTELLO ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Montello Theatre |
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| Reference Number: | 89812 |
| Location (Address): | 56 E MONTELLO ST |
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| County: | Marquette |
| City: | Montello |
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| Year Built: | 1885 |
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| Survey Date: | 19812017 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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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: | 2017 The Montello Theater is a one-story, rectangular plan theater constructed c.1885. The walls are clad in stucco-covered brick and rest on a stucco-covered foundation. The gable roof is covered in corrugated metal. The front (north) facade features a c.1975 concrete block false parapet with a dentilled cornice. A pent roof overhang covered with asphalt shingles features a wide projecting clipped gable that serves as the theater’s marquee. The lower story of the front façade is clad in vertical wood siding and the main entrance consists of a pair of modern replacement doors flanked by a small double-hung replacement window. The main ticket window on the east side of the front façade contains modern vinyl sliding sash. A vinyl-clad, gable roof addition extends from the rear (south) elevation. The east and west (side) elevations each feature narrow window openings with peaked headers; these openings have been covered with wood. According to the 1894 Sanborn map of Montello, the property previously functioned as the community’s opera house. (1) |
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| Bibliographic References: | (1) Sanborn Map Company, “Montello, September 1894,” 1:600 (New York, N.Y.: Sanborn Map Company, 1894), 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |