Property Record
217 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bunnell/Thompson Blacksmith Shop |
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| Other Name: | Sutter Building |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5637 |
| Location (Address): | 217 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mount Horeb |
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| Year Built: | 1867 |
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| Additions: | 1892 1922 |
| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | blacksmith shop |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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: | 3/5/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/17/2018 |
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| Additional Information: | Erected as the William Bunnell blacksmith shop in 1867, at the northeast corner of Springdale and 8th streets. Samuel Thompson bought the shop in 1872, moved it to 105 E Main St in 1881, and to this site in 1892. Bert Hinrichs operated a blacksmith shop in this building from 1915 until at least 1966. The brick veneer was installed for Hinrichs in 1922. 1986- "This Boomtown Front building was originally located in mount Horeb's Old Town on the corner of Springdale and Eighth Streets and is the sole survinving Old Town building moved uptown. It was moved further west on Main Street in 1881, and then to make space for the first Mount Horeb bank, the building was moved to this site in 1892. It remained a blacksmith shop until 1966." "Mount Horeb Wisconsin: Historic Downtown Self-Guided Walking Tour", pamphlet, Mount Horeb Landmarks Foundation, 1986. |
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| Bibliographic References: | FOREST JOHNSON, MT. HOREB CENTENNIAL BOOK. Miller, Elizabeth L. Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: An Intensive Survey of the Historic Resources of the Commercially-Zoned Downtown. Mount Horeb: Mount Horeb Chamber of Commerce, 1997. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |