Property Record
212 MERCHANT ROW
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | W. R. THORPE BLOCK |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 226243 |
| Location (Address): | 212 MERCHANT ROW |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Milton |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Merchant Row Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/3/2015 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/27/2015 |
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| Additional Information: | THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A SEPARATE RETAIL BLOCK AND WAS A DRUG STORE FOR DECADES. IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE FIRST COMMUNITY BANK CONNECTED THIS BUILDING TO ITS LARGE FACILITY TO THE NORTH. ITS LEGAL PARCEL WAS ABSORBED INTO THE BANK'S LARGE PARCEL AND ITS INDIVIDUAL ADDRESS WAS DROPPED IN CITY RECORDS. THE ENTIRE BANK COMPLEX HAS THE ADDRESS OF 208 MERCHANT ROW. HOWEVER, ON THE EXTERIOR, THIS BUILDING STILL APPEARS AS A SEPARATE STRUCTURE AND IT IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE MERCHANT ROW HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHILE THE MODERN-LOOKING BANK BUILDING TO THE NORTH IS NOT. |
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| Bibliographic References: | TAX ROLLS FOR MILTON, ROCK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN. MILTON TELEPHONE, 4/12/1906, 5/10/1906, 6/7/1906. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |