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Property Record

100 E MAIN ST

Historic Name:
Allan Ruste and Co. Hardware Store
Other Name:
Duluth Trading Company
Reference Number:
234159

Property Location

Location (Address)
100 E MAIN ST
County
Dane
City/Village
Mount Horeb
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1882
Additions
1914, 1980,C. 1996
Survey Date
2017
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Balloon Frame
Wall Material
Composition Board
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
N
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
This astylistic utilitarian frame building was erected to house the Allan Ruste and Company hardware store in 1882. The buiding changed hands several times until 1909, when Robert Beat acquired the property and changed the name of the business to the Mount Horeb Hardware Company. The building housed the Mount Horeb Hardware Company (later an Ace Hardware) until at least 1996. The building originally had a two-story section (east) and a one-story section (west). A second story was added to the west section in 1914. The entire front was covered circa 1980. The current facade was installed sometime between 1996 and 2007.
Bibliographic References
Elizabeth L. Miller, "Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: An Intensive Survey of the Historic Resources of the Commercially-zoned Downtown," report prepared for the Village of Mount Horeb Historic Preservation Commission, February 1997.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Main Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date
Mar 05, 2019
State Register Listing Date
Aug 17, 2018
Contributing
No
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