Property Record
1501 Douglas Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 228138 |
| Location (Address): | 1501 Douglas Ave |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 2014 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This 1-story gas station was constructed c.1925. It is rectangular in plan with stucco and concrete block walls and flat and asphalt-shingled gable roofs. The building consists of the original Tudor Revival service station and a concrete block addition to the west elevation. The front elevation faces south and is asymmetrical in plan. The facade of the concrete block addition contains a single service bay. The original building contains a steeply-pitched front-gable with a small 4- pane arched window at its center. A decorative chimney projects from this roof peak. A side-gabled mass with a clipped gable extends from the steep gabled bay; this contains two very small arched ventilation dormers with louvered front panels. The facade of the side-gabled mass contains a single metal security door and a large shop window opening that has since been in-filled with composition board and/or concrete block. Another window or door opening in the east elevation has been filled in with concrete block. The building is in good condition, but retains a relatively low degree of integrity due to the construction of a sizeable concrete block addition to the west elevation, the loss of the front shop window, the loss of the original multi-pane windows in each side elevation, alterations to the window in the front gable (historic photos show this window extending to ground level), and the replacement of the original front door. Although the building is easily recognizable as an early twentieth-century filling station, its diminished integrity renders it a mediocre representative of this property type. This building has not been previously surveyed. A new AHI record was created. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Karwowski, Gerald L. Racine. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |