Property Record
237-241 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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Other Name: | Blue Jay's Sub Shop/Building Design & Engineering |
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Reference Number: | 54398 |
Location (Address): | 237-241 S MAIN ST |
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County: | Fond du Lac |
City: | Fond du Lac |
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Year Built: | 1912 |
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Survey Date: | 1988 |
Historic Use: | retail building |
Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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: | Photo code #2: 74FD-27/20. This large Commercial Vernacular building is constructed ob bricks that have been painted. The building has a simple metal cornice and a row of brick corbelling underneath it. The second story windwos are primarily bays with single light double hung sashes. In between the bays and other windows on the building are shallow pilasters. The first floor storefronts have been remodeled with single lights covered with awnings, new brown bricks for the walls and the aprons, and modern entrances. On the side wall that is exposed to the strete there is only one small window extant. The Commercial Vernacular style of architecture is one that uses common forms and building materials to create buildings that reflect architectural styles popular at the building's date of construction. With its simple cornice, brick corbelling, and bay windows, this building slightly suggests a simple Classical Revival building, but is not elaborate enough to categorize it as such, hence, it is Commercial Vernacular. |
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Bibliographic References: | A. City Directories for the City of Fond du Lac, on file at the Fond du Lac Public Library, Fond du La;c, Wisconsin. B. Sanborn Perris Maps for the City of Fond du Lac, on file in the ARchies of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. C. Tax Rolls for te City of Fond du Lac, on file in the Area Research Center o the University of Wisconisn-Oshkosh Library, Oshkosh, Wisconisn. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |