Property Record
1909 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | HERMAN J. DAHMEN DOUBLE BLOCK |
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Reference Number: | 5313 |
Location (Address): | 1909 MAIN ST |
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County: | Dane |
City: | Cross Plains |
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Year Built: | 1860 |
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Survey Date: | 2011 |
Historic Use: | general store |
Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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Wall Material: | Sandstone |
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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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. GABLE PROJECTS ABOVE FALSE FRONT. CUT STONE LINTELS. DENTICULATED CORNICE. POTTERY SHOP FROM 1964 UNTIL AT LEAST 1995. THIS BUILDING IS NOW [2011] USED AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IT IS STILL HIGHLY INTACT BUT HAS HAD VINYL SIDING APPLIED TO ITS REAR-FACING GABLE END AND SOLAR PANELS AFFIXED TO THE ROOF OF ITS REAR WING. Used as a store and post office until the 1940s, this coursed sandstone commercial block was constructed about 1854. |
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Bibliographic References: | GOULD, WHITNEY. "HISTORIC PLACES IN RURAL DANE CO." MADISON: DANE COUNTY CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION, 1981. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 4/30/1995. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |