Property Record
301 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ben Cleveland, Jr. Gas Station |
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| Reference Number: | 226145 |
| Location (Address): | 301 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Green |
| City: | Albany |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Windows are filled by replacement sashes. Ben Cleveland, Jr. built in 1924, Albany’s first gas station on the parcel that also contained his blacksmith shop (no longer extant). He stopped selling gas once other stations were established by the mid-1930s and returned to his primary activity of blacksmithing. He retired from that venture in the 1950s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Yesteryears: The History of Albany, 52-53 Sanborn Maps “Architecture and History Survey: STH 59” WHS project number 14-0292/GR. October 2013. Prepared by Heritage Research Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |