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135 E MAIN ST

Historic Name:
RIEGE BLOCK

Other Name:
CLOTHING X-CHANGE/ VIDEO VENTURE/ PICKLE BARREL SUBS

Reference Number:
46236

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Property Location

Location (Address)

135 E MAIN ST

County

Grant

City/Village

Platteville

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1897

Additions

Survey Date

1983

Historic Use

large retail building

Architectural Style

Italianate

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

THIS BRICK, TWO-STORY COMMERCIAL BLOCK FEATURES A STONE FOUNDATION, A FLAT SLOPING ROOF, AND A BRACKETED METAL CORNICE TRIMMED WITH BOTH DENTILS AND URN SCULPTURE. ABOVE THE CORNICE IS A PLAQUE INDICATING THE BUILDING'S NAMED AND DATE OF CONSTRUCTION. ACROTERIA PUNCTURATE THE ROOF-LINE AT THE BUILDING CORNERS. STONES ACCENT THE SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS, AND CORBELED STONE SILLS ARE SET IN THE RECESSED PANELS OF THE THREE PART FACADE. THE STORE FRONT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY ALTERED FOR CONTEMPORARY USE. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: ANOTHER LARGE COMMERICAL BLOCK ON MAIN STREET, THIS STRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT TO THE DISTRICT VISUALLY BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE. UNFORTUNATELY, ITS SIGNIFICANCE HAS BEEN DIMINISHED BECAUSE OF THE COMPLETELY ALTERD STORE FRONT. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THIS BUILDING WAS ERECTED BY EBE RIEGE IN 1897. RIEGE WAS BORN IN HANOVER, GERMANY IN 1837; HE CAME TO PLATTEVILLE IN 1862 AND OPENED A GENERAL AND CLOTHING STORE. IN 1881 RIEGE OWNED FOUR STORES ON MAIN STREET. HEISER HARDWARE STORE OCCUPIED THE BUILDING AT AN UNKNOWN DATE.

Bibliographic References

A. BUILDING PLAQUE. B. GRANT COUNTY (PLATTEVILLE, WI) WITNESS, 17 FEBRUARY 1897. C. RICHARD BARDEN, INTERVIEW, MAY 3, 1983. D. GRANT COUNTY HISTORY, 1881, P. 918.

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Contributing

Yes

large retail building Italianate

Grant
County

Platteville
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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Located in Platteville, Grant County

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