205-205A BROADWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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205-205A BROADWAY

Architecture and History Inventory
205-205A BROADWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:T.W. Wood and Son
Other Name:ESKIMO COMFORT
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:48602
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):205-205A BROADWAY
County:Green Lake
City:Berlin
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
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Survey Date:2002
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Italianate
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
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NOTES
Additional Information:The F in the photo codes is for Fox Canal Survey. This structure contributes to the significance of the Broadway-Huron Street Historic District under criterion C as a component of a unified grouping of transitional Italianate-Victorian Gothic commercial structures sharing a common cornice line and second story window treatment. This structure has a grouping of three segmentally-arched windows at the second story level to distinguish it from its neighbors.

This building was built around 1890 and oriiginally occupied by T.W. Wood and Son, who specialized in dry goods and groceries. According to city directories and Sanborn-Perris Fire Insurance Maps it remained a grocery store up to 1915.

An advertisement in the 1892 City Directory for T.W. Wood and Son states that they manufacture galvanized cornices, eaves trough, cheese vats and cans and that they also are dealers in dairy supplies.
Bibliographic References:(A) Sanborn-Perris Maps 1884, 1891, 1895. (B) Title Search. (C) 1892 City Directory. Architecture and History Survey. February & May 2002. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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