Property Record
120 W COURT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Vernon County District Attorney's Office |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 73547 |
| Location (Address): | 120 W COURT ST |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | Viroqua |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Viroqua Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/17/2003 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/11/2003 |
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| Additional Information: | Sanborn-Perris maps show that this brick two-story Twentieth Century Commercal Style building was built after 1933 and that it occupies the exact site of the identically dimensioned two-story wagon house portion of a larger stone-clad livery barn/carriage barn that previously occupied this site and which was long associated with the nearby Hotel Fortney. It is not known if any portion of the earlier building is incorporated into the present one. 1995- "Sanborn maps show that this two-story Twentieth Century Commercial style building occupies the exact site of the identically dimensioned two-story wagon house portion of a larger stone livery barn/carriage barn that was built ca. 1896 and which for many years served the nearby Fortney Hotel. It is not known whether any part of the earlier building is incorporated in the present one, which is not shown on the 1933 Sanborn map. The present building is rectilinear in plan, measures 65-feet-deep x 35-feet-wide, and its main facade faces south onto Court Street. 'l'his very simple facade appear to be totally intact. ·rhis includes all the windows and ooors in the very intact storefront and the windows in the three oblong window openings in the second story above, which contain three pairs of one-over-one-light double hung wood sash windows. No other information about this building has been found and the possibility exists that it dates from after the period ot significance (post 1945). If it was bullt within the period at significance, however, 1t is a contributing resource in the district and it is so listed pending the acqu1s1tion of more information. It now houses the Vernon County District Attorney's Office." - "USH 14 Transportation Study ", WisDOT ID #1646-07-00, Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (1995). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |