Property Record
409-411 N ROOSEVELT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Meler Parts and Machine Co.; Hoel Machine Co. |
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| Other Name: | Pomp's Tires |
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| Reference Number: | 2178 |
| Location (Address): | 409-411 N ROOSEVELT ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862019 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Steel Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Original showroom facade has had display windows boarded over. Entrance door has original 6 lite transom above. Pilasters across the front facade have Art Deco inspired concrete capitals. Recessed blind segmental arched panels above the display windows are now stucco sided. Principal facade has concrete coping on parapet above has a deep zig-zag pattern. Side walls are brick and are pilastered. The rear addition has a metal roofed moniter roof above completely sided in metal sash windows. GEOMTRIC ORNAMENT BETWEEN WINDOWS OF STOREFRONT MACHINE CO WORKS TO REAR. In photo and/or map codes, (F) stands for Fox River Valley Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. NAER INVENTORY (08/1979): This building is a one story, irregular shaped brick facility with a flat roof and pilastered walls, measuring approximately 80' x 45'. At least one addition, about 1950, has been built on to the original building. This facility was constructed in 1929, its original occupant being the Motor Parts & Machine Co. The firm was primarily an automotive parts distributer, with some machine work. In 1936 the Hoell Machine Co. became an additional occupant. Currently (1979) the Motor Parts firm is an automotive parts distributer, while Hoell handles general machine shop work. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Abrahams, Paul P. Industrial Survey of Brown County. Industrial Sites, Historical Industrial Survey. Unpublished manuscript on file, Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin. (B) Sanborn-Perris Map, Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin, New York, 1957. (C.) Geraldine Mathys, Motor Parts office manager, interviewed by Bill Meindl, 09/1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |