Property Record
516 W 2ND ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FOELLER'S SALOON (A) |
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| Other Name: | BADGER CABLE TV |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 912 |
| Location (Address): | 516 W 2ND ST |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1902 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Granite Stone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | West Second Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/2/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | FIRST STORY ALTERED,SECOND STORY INTACT WITH BROWNSTONE DETAILSGRANITE FIRST STORY ALTERATION AT BASE [Date Cnst:CA (A)] DESCRIPTION: This site was left undeveloped until ca 1900-3, perhaps due to the ravine. Joseph foeller operated one of Ashland's ninety-two saloons in 1903 in this two story red brick building. The first floor has been altered, from their original materials to panels of polished granite and tan glazed ceramic panels. The second floor remains in very good condition with two sets of coupledrectangular windows, each with a brownstone lintel and joined in pairs by arches with red brick voussoirs and brownstone archivolts. The entablature above is enriched with reticulted brickwork, a projecting cornice and parapet wall with brownstone coping. Built later than either of its neighbors, the Dufur Block (ca 1895) and Bardon's Building (1884), this building conform stylistically and materially with them. SIGNIFICANCE: This contributing structure is significant as a well-preserved example of turn-of-the-century red brick and brownstone commercial architecture and especially for its relation to the similarly-scaled and designed buildings on either side. Combined, the Dufur Block of ca 1895, the Bardon's Building of 1884 and this, Foeller's Saloon of ca 1903, represent a continuous commerrcial architectural development concurrent with the early expansive years of Ashland's prosperity. This visually cohesive group of buildings is an important example of the district's more humble but well-preserved later nineteenth-century commercial structures. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] NRHP NOMINATION FORM |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |