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1119 WISCONSIN AVE

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1119 WISCONSIN AVE

Historic Name:

Other Name:
FORTNEY DISCOUNT SHOE RACK

Reference Number:
44177

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1119 WISCONSIN AVE

County

Grant

City/Village

Boscobel

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

Additions

Survey Date

1982

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Front Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

GHASTLY ALUMINUM SIDING AT PRESENT. ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: THE MAIN PORTION OF THIS STORE IS TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT AND COVERED BY A GABLE ROOF. ONE STORY WINGS APPEAR ON EITHER SIDE. THE ENTIRE FACADE HAS BEEN COVERED WITH VERTICAL METAL (ALUMINUM) SIDING, HOWEVER, THIS IS A NINETEENTH CENTURY STRUCTURE WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN THE GREEK REVIVAL TRADITION (A). ORIGINALLY ONE WINDOW WAS LOCATED NEAR THE GABLE PEAK AND FOUR WINDOWS (ALL 6/6 SASH) WERE SPACED ACROSS THE SECOND STORY. THE ONE STORY WINGS WERE ADDED AT DIFFERENT TIMES LATE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY (E). HISTORICAL STATEMENT: J. R. MUFFLEY FOUNDED HIS FURNITURE STORE AND UNDERTAKING BUSINESS IN 1856, SHORTLY AFTER SETTLING IN BOSCOBEL. IN 1857, HE BUILT THE CENTRAL SECTION OF THIS STRUCTURE (B). THE STORE WAS RUN BY HIS SON FOLLOWING HIS DEATH. LATER OWNERS INCLUDED FRED THONI AND ALVIE RUST (C).

Bibliographic References

A. HERITAGE ALBUM BOSCOBEL 1973 PHOTO P. 121. B. BOSCOBEL DIAL, JAN. 27, 1910, VOL. 37 NO. 30 P.1. C. BOSCOBEL DIAL, FEB. 2, 1967, VOL. 93 NO. 40 P. 1. D. RUGER & STONER, BIRD'S EYE VIEW BOSCOBEL 1869. E. SANBORN PERRIS MAPS OF BOSCOBEL 1884, 1892.

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house Front Gabled

Grant
County

Boscobel
Community

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