Property Record
11351-11353 MAIN ST (AKA 201 MAIN ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | W.C. Thomas Building |
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| Other Name: | Christa's Yarn Paradise |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 51835 |
| Location (Address): | 11351-11353 MAIN ST (AKA 201 MAIN ST) |
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| County: | Trempealeau |
| City: | Trempealeau |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 19842020 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/15/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of Trempealeau |
| Additional Information: | The W.C. Thomas building is a plain, two-story brick building with a flat roof and a simple, unbracketed cornice capping the plain facade. A pressed metal insert with the name "W.C. Thomas" is centered in the upper level of the street facade just above two windows which have segmental arches and stone sills. The essentially original storefront features a central entrance with double doors, above which is a large transom, flanked by a pair of four pane show windows and two small thin columns. The entry steps are concrete and the foundation has been covered with concrete as well. This building is significant because it is one of the most intact examples of a modest Victorian commercial building in the Main Street Historic District. Because it is largely unaltered, it possesses a high degree of integrity which helps give a sense of what the district's apeparance wsa at the turn of the century. This building has housed numerous commercial activities including a blacksmith shop and in the twentieth century, a post office. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Inscription on building. B. Sanborn-Perris Maps, 1894, Trempealeau. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |