31 E MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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31 E MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
31 E MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
Other Name:GENERAL TELEPHONE CO
Contributing:
Reference Number:2956
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):31 E MAIN ST
County:Calumet
City:Chilton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:1977
Historic Use:small office building
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:SYMMETRICAL FACADE. QUOINS.

March 2005-Small Georgian Revival architecture, perhaps constructed by GTE. Loss of integrity with alteration of large front windows. No outstanding in the history of telephone service. There were over 1,000 telephone companies in Wisconsin. Other properties more important in the history of GTE.
Bibliographic References:.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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