26 W GRAND AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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26 W GRAND AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
26 W GRAND AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Chippewa Valley Auto Company
Other Name:Lindsay's Restaurant
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:3243
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):26 W GRAND AVE
County:Chippewa
City:Chippewa Falls
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1924
Additions:
Survey Date:2001
Historic Use:automobile showroom
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Bridge Street Commercial Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/24/1994
State Register Listing Date:1/21/1994
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Small plain projecting cornice with paired triangular shaped pediments above the cornice; original multi-paned windows in upper story; ornamental brick and concrete patterns decorate the surface; altered store front; transom windows above store front.

Constructed using modern materials of cement, brick, and steel, the simple exterior design exhibits Neo-Classic stylistic devices, including a small cornice, parapet wall and twin pediments visually supported by pilaster forms implied in the brick pattern. Originally the site of the dealership for Hudson, Essex and Packard cars, the Auto Company building has a modern structural frame support, freeing the exterior wall for large window surfaces.

The Chippewa Valley Auto Company building is architecturally significant as the best architectural representative serving the needs of the newly introduced automobiles in the early 20th century in Chippewa Falls.
Bibliographic References:(A) Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin (Chippewa Falls: Hobart Press, c. 1926).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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