920 CLINTON ST

920 CLINTON ST

Waukesha

Waukesha

1870

1979

small retail building

Italianate

Brick

No

REHABILITATED IN THE 1980S. 918 Clinton St.: This narrow three story brick structure retains segmental hood molds commonly employed on Italianate buildings in the destrict. A two story oriel appears to have been a later addition to the facade. Decoration on the facade includes brackets at the eave lines of the oriel windows, and decorative brickwork beneath windows. 920 Clinton St.: The Beggs store is a three story structure constructed of brick and stone. Stone was employed for the first story on the north elevation and for the entire west elevation. Smooth stone arches cap windows on these elevations. The remainder of the building is composed of brick, which on the facade was painted a gray color. The Beggs building is noteworthy because it retains much of the original ornament. Cast iron pilasters frame the storefront of the buliding and terminate at an entablature which demarcates the first from the second story. Three segmentally arched windows, trimmed with stone hood molds, rest on stone sills above the entablature. Floral motifs are incised in the hood molds. A sill string course provides a base for the three third story windows which are covered by round headed arches. Carved keystones decorate these arches. A pedimented metal cornice completes the design of the facade. Four simple brackets support the cornice and alternate with embossed panels. The Beggs building retains original windows, (with the exception of the storefront display area) as well as decorative detail. The majority of Italianate style commercial buildings which remain in Waukesha are of stone construction. Brick buildings located on W. Broadway Ave. (320-328 W. Broadway WK 77/30) more closely resemble the Beggs Block. However, this buliding has not undergone the remodelings of the Boardway buildings. The Beggs building remains as an important local examples of the style and is distinguished by the fine ornamentation of windows and cornice.

(A) THE FIVE POINTS DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRIC WALKING TOUR, WAUKESHA LANDMARKS COMMISSION. (B) BIRDS EYE VIEW OF WAUKESHA, J.J. STONER CO. (C) PHOTOGRAPH. BUSINESS BOOKS. WAUKESHA CO. HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

Downtown Historic District

Oct 28, 1983

Jan 01, 1989

Yes