Property Record
36387 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Post Office Block |
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| Other Name: | Designs Unlimited/Floral Shop |
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| Reference Number: | 51904 |
| Location (Address): | 36387 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Trempealeau |
| City: | Whitehall |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 19812013 |
| Historic Use: | post office |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| 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: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Originally well designed, this vernacular commercial building has undergone modifications that have lessened its architectural interest. 2013: The Post Office Block, constructed in 1898, is a two-part commercial building with Italianate details. The parapet features a central triangular pediment and decorative brackets and rosettes. Inscribed on the cornice and pediment is “Post Office Block, 1898, C. E. Scott.” The main (east) facade is one bay wide and faced with red brick. The original storefront configuration with bulkheads, display windows, transoms, and recessed entry is largely intact. The second-story windows have been boarded, but the openings retain their decorative stone hoods and sills. The Post Office Block was constructed by Christopher E. Scott, who was one of the first settlers of Whitehall (1). He established a general store in the 1870s near where the current Post Office Block is located. In 1889 Scott was appointed postmaster of Whitehall and in 1898 he constructed the Post Office Block, which was used as both the post office and general store (2). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Inscription on Cornice. B. “Architecture and History Survey: USH 53” WHS project number 13-0879/TR. November 2013. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc. 2013: (1)“Christopher E. Scott,” Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin (Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1892), 743. (2) Eben Douglas Pierce, History of Trempealeau County (Chicago: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1917), 237. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |