Property Record
200 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MT. HOREB TELEPHONE CO. |
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| Other Name: | MT. HOREB TELEPHONE CO. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5662 |
| Location (Address): | 200 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mount Horeb |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Additions: | 1958 1981 1974 |
| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | telephone/telegraph building |
| Architectural Style: | Art Deco |
| 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: | This brick-veneered Art Deco building (original section at 105 N 2nd ST) was erected to house the Mount Horeb Telephone Co. in 1930. The front is veneered with glazed yellow brick and possesses a narrow, central entrance accented with a stylized, compound brick pediment. Brick piers embellished with a stone base, column elaboration, and a stone cap anchor the corners of the façade. Fluted stone pilasters frame the openings. Stone panels carved MT HOREB TELEPHONE COMPANY appear above the entrance. The window openings were reduced, and replacement windows installed, prior to 1979. In 1958, a large addition was erected south of the original building, changing the address to 200 East Main Street. The Telephone Company was enlarged again in 1974, and another addition appended to the east façade (along Main Street) in 1981. These additions are compatible with the original section, in that they are one story in height, flat roofed, and finished with a yellow-orange brick. The 1958 section also possesses narrow, fluted stone pilasters, similar to the original section. Window openings in the 1958 section were filled, probably ca. 1974. The 1981 addition suggests Brutalist influence, with its sculptural form and fortress-like appearance. |
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| Bibliographic References: | FOREST JOHNSON, MT. HOREB CENTENNIAL BOOK. Elizabeth L. Miller, "Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: An Intensive Survey of the Commercially-Zoned Resources of the Downtown," report prepared for the Village of Mount Horeb Historic Preservation Commission. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |