Property Record
300 N. Central Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Mary's Place |
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| Reference Number: | 229808 |
| Location (Address): | 300 N. Central Ave |
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| County: | Wood |
| City: | Marshfield |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 2015 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Stone Veneer |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Two-story brick building with stone veneer cladding. Replacement windows in first and second stories; altered storefront. Main entrance located in cutaway corner. Originally built as a saloon and general store (1904 Sanborn). The newly inventoried resource is a two-story commercial building constructed ca. 1900 (Figure 5).2 The brick building has a coursed stone foundation and stone veneer wall cladding. The footprint is rectangular and the building's flat roof is encircled by a stepped parapet that is trimmed in modem aluminum. The exterior walls are clad in permastone. The building's primary entrance is on the southeast cutaway comer. It consists of a simple wood door that is partially glazed and accessed by a concrete stoop. A single one-over-one vinyl window in an arched opening with limestone sill is located in the second story above the comer entrance. A second entrance is located on the front (southeast-facing) elevation. The entrance is a simple door with a transom window above. Asymmetrical storefront bays flank this secondary entrance. The storefront bays are defined by narrow omamental posts. The storefront display windows have been replaced with modem wood paneling and smaller replacement windows. There are three storefront bays north of the entrance, and two storefront bays south of the entrance. Modern metal awnings shelter the replacement storefront windows. The second-story window openings are arched, and unevenly spaced. Modern double-hung rectangular replacement windows are placed within these openings, they are paired on the facade and once on the south elevation; and placed singly on the cutaway corner and rest of the south elevation. Window openings on the south elevation are irregularly spaced and consist of small double-hung vinyl windows. Other fenestration includes glass block basement windows on below the south store front bays, and a double hung vinyl window at basement level of the northern most storefront bay. Constructed between 1898 and 1904, the two-story building originally housed a saloon and general store. While it retains its historic footprint, the commercial building is a typical, vernacular example of a turn-of-the-century commercial building and exhibits alterations that have diminished its integrity. The original brick has been covered in petmastone siding, and the original windows and storefronts have been replaced. Lacking architectural distinction and integrity, the building is not eligible for the National Register. A Determination of Eligibility is not recommended. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Marshfield, Wood County, Wisc., Jany. 1898. New York: Sanborn-Perris Map Co., 1898. Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, June 1904. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1904. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |