Property Record
2220-2222 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAM ENDRES' OPERA HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | THE SUNSHINE STORE |
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| Reference Number: | 5314 |
| Location (Address): | 2220-2222 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Cross Plains |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | opera house/concert hall |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 1913 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | BRACKETED CORNICE. T THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1901 AS AN OPERA HOUSE BY OR FOR WILLIAM ENDRES. IT REPLACED THE OLD WISCONSIN HOUSE HOTEL, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1853 BY DIETRICH. HISTORIC PHOTOS SHOW THAT THIS BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY CLAD IN CLAPBOARDS, HAD TWO-OVER-TWO-LIGHT WINDOWS,AND ITS OVERHANGING SECOND STORY WAS SUPPORTED BY MORE ELABORATE TURNED POSTS. THIS BUILDING WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2013. |
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| Bibliographic References: | CROSS PLAINS-BERRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PHOTO EXHIBIT. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |