Property Record
128 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Thomas Ayen Building/Otto Olson Restaurant and Bakery |
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| Other Name: | Schubert Building |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5641 |
| Location (Address): | 128 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mount Horeb |
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| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | restaurant |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Rock-Faced Concrete Block |
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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: | 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. ROUND ARCH ENTRY. DENTILLED CORNICE. MOULDED LINTELS. 1986- "Has continuously been a restaurant since 1911. The building of rock faced concrete block was built by Thomas Ayen, an active local contractor at the turn of the century who had an influence on local architecture. In 1911 Otto Olson, a butter maker, opened a restaurant in the building and Olson's Restaurant and Bakery was run by the Olson family until 1957. Since then the restaurant has had several owners and has become a local institution." "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 |