801 S IRWIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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801 S IRWIN AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
801 S IRWIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Willner Block
Other Name:Henry Willner House; Page's Bookstore
Contributing:
Reference Number:2076
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):801 S IRWIN AVE
County:Brown
City:Green Bay
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1910
Additions:
Survey Date:19852022
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Rock-Faced Concrete Block
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Photo code #2: 75BR-9/27 Pent roof above original display windows is modern. Modern aluminum/storm windows have concrete sills. Band of concrete block imitating dressed stone is placed as freize below cornice which is treated in a similar manner. This is one of two commercial buildings in Green Bay exhibiting this construction style. The other is 1271-1273 St. Claire Street. (BR 91/35). #650: Metal shed is a modern building. According to a descendent of the Konowalski Family, this building was Sal's Grocery from the around 1940s to sometime in the 1960s. The building was purchased by Frank Konowalski and later sold to his son Salvester "Sal" Konowalski. Henry Willner House
Bibliographic References:A. Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin 1957. B. Brown County Tax Rolls.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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