120 RITTENHOUSE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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120 RITTENHOUSE AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
120 RITTENHOUSE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Morris Ryder Building
Other Name:HARDWARE HANK
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:1433
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):120 RITTENHOUSE AVE
County:Bayfield
City:Bayfield
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1898
Additions:C. 1905
Survey Date:1983
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Bayfield Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/25/1980
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:BRICK HOUSE WITH STOREFRONT ADDED AT LATER DATE. HOUSE IS NEOCLASSICAL W/PEDIMENT ABOVE CLASSICAL ENTRY. STOREFRONT IS 20TH CENTURY COMMERCIAL W/STEPPED GABLE ON FALSE FRONT. BAYFIELD HISTORIC SURVEY FORM (07/1974): [This is for 120 Rittenhouse Ave., which is the small house next to the commercial building] Original use: -built for owners of store General Comments: -old frame building veneered around 1905, stained windows installed around the same time -symmetrical facade -matched dormers protrude out of roof -plain pediment over doorway BAYFIELD HISTORIC SURVEY FORM (07/1974): [This is for 118 Rittenhouse Ave., the commercial building] Date of initial construction: -later 1800s (source Mr. Johnson, owner at the time of survey) Original use: -was two stores, combined later-- used as barber shop, ice cream parlor, drugstore General Comments: -1930s style overhanging neon sign -redwood modernization -tin ceilings and walls inside -veneered around 1905
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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