Property Record
201-207 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | O.B. Dahle and Son General Store |
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| Other Name: | Bergey Building |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 5685 |
| Location (Address): | 201-207 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mount Horeb |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Additions: | 1904 1920 |
| Survey Date: | 19962017 |
| Historic Use: | general store |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Cream 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: | 205-207 E Main St (#5645) next door is an addition to this building. MT. HOREB'S 1ST ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT WAS HERE IN 1897. KEYSTONES BETWEEN WINDOWS ON 2ND FLR. FIRST "UPTOWN" CREAMERY WAS IN BASEMENT. DEPARTMENT STORE CLOSED IN 1929. 1986- "This brick commercial building was constructed in three sections, the first corner building in 1887 to house the O.B. Dahle and Son General Store. The addition to the east was added in 1904 and the front facade of the 1887 building was redone in 1920. Dahly General Store was founded in 1852 in Daleyville with a second store opened in Mount Vernon. In 1887 the Dahle brothers came to Mount Horeb and sold out A. Hoff in 1929. The first local electric light plant operated in the basement of this building, beginning in 1897.""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 |