Property Record
118 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Farmers & Traders Bank |
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| Other Name: | CHRISTOPHER LAWS, DENTIST |
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| Reference Number: | 2352 |
| Location (Address): | 118 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Wrightstown |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 20091977 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Gust. H. Fleck of DePere (contractor) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 2006-APPEARANCE ALTERED. MODERN CASEMENT WINDOWS. ENCLOSED WINDOWS. 1977-JACK ARCHES ABOVE WINDOWS AND A CONTINUOUS CORNICE ABOVE. CNR ENTRY W/IONINC COLUMNS AND FULL ENTABULATURE. 2009- "Situated at the corner of High and Washington streets, this two-story, brick, Neoclassical Revival style building sits on a rock-faced, coursed and cut-stone foundation. The building features face brick on its south and east facades. A molded, metal cornice and a broad limestone belt course, which divides the first and second stories, wrap around these elevations. Thinner sill courses found below the first-story transom openings and second-story window openings also wrap around the south and east facades. A brick parapet rises above the cornice. Located on the canted nmtheast corner, the entrance is framed by unfluted, Ionic columns that support an entablature. Incorporated within the belt course above the entablature is raised lettering spelling, Farmers & Traders. An additional entrance is found along the north elevation. Window openings contain brick in fill or modern fenestration with the exception of three transoms that retain their historic, leaded-glass windows. Openings on the second story feature splayed brick lintels with limestone keystones." -"STH 96/High St Bridge Replacement", WisDOT#4095-12-00, Prepared by Heritage Reasearch, Ltd. (McQuillen), (2009). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Roebke-Berens, From Bridgeport to Wrightstown, pg. 133, 140, 148, 152; Brown County Democrat, 26 August 1904, 2 September 1904, 23 December 1904 & 13 January 1905. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |