Property Record
2014-2016 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | AUGUST VOLLSTEDT COMMERCIAL BLOCK |
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| Reference Number: | 4297 |
| Location (Address): | 2014-2016 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | New Holstein |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2 SHALLOW BAYS ON 2ND FLR FRONT,ONE ON SIDE SHAPED PARAPET 2013 New Holstein Survey results: Constructed of rock-faced concrete block, the front elevation of this two-story commercial block is finished with brick and features a shaped parapet. A metal cornice accents the parapet, while additional stone trim runs above the second-floor windows and below a metal inset which reads “A. VOLLSTEDT.” A pair of bay windows project from the second floor of the primary (north) elevation, while an additional bay is located along the east façade. Although the actual storefronts have been altered with new doors and windows, the structure still accommodates two businesses on the first floor, as well as includes the entrance to the living quarters on the second floor. The Vollstedt Block was built by August Vollstedt in 1911. Born in 1871, August was the son of Nicholas and Sophia (Jens) Vollstedt. In 1899, he married Minnie Beyerstedt; they had seven children. August was the proprietor of the Vollstedt Meat Market, which had been started by his father who had settled in New Holstein in 1861. Previous to the construction of this building, the family meat market was operated out of the building located at 2012 Wisconsin Avenue. In 1911, the local paper reported that in March the cellar had been dug for the new brick and concrete block building and, by September, all but a portion of the cornice was complete. Original tenants of the building included the Vollstedt Meat Market (first floor, west side; originally featuring a tile floor and wainscot); Edward Vollstedt’s shoe store (first floor, east side); Dr. A.H. Robertson, dentist (second floor, west side); and the apartment of H.C. Timm II (second floor, east side). In conjunction with Edward’s shoe shop, it was cited in 1915 that an “electrically equipped” shoe repair shop operated by Martin Garstenveld, was also located there. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic image and brief information in "New Holstein: Land of Peace and Plenty," (1915), page 37. Newsbrief (re: cellar dug), Calumet County Reporter, 3 May 1911, 8/3; “Newsbrief (re: shoe store opened), Calumet County Reporter, 20 September 1911, 1/6; “A Handsome Structure,” Calumet County Reporter, 27 September 1911, 1/2; New Holstein: Land of Peace and Plenty, 37; “August Vollstedt,” Obituary, The Sheboygan Press, 24 January 1965, 12/6. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |