Property Record
510/512 N 4TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John F. Mundt House and Store |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 74750 |
| Location (Address): | 510/512 N 4TH ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This was the location of the John F. Mundt store between c. 1885 and c. 1936. This building has some historical interest as the long-time location of a grocery, general store business. Although the business contributes to the overall significance in the proposed historic district, it is not individually significant. Built in the 1860s for the Mundt family, this complex is comprised of a brick retail building that originally housed the Mundt Grocery Store and a frame Greek Revival influenced house. Characterized by a raised brick cornice with drip moulding visually supported by capped applied second story pilasters, the Mundt Store also features raised brick window hoods and a second story oriel window on the south elevation. Although still displaying the cornice and brick piers, the storefront was filled in when the building was converted to residential use. Exhibiting the window cornices and cornice returns associated with the Greek Revival style, the small gable roofed house also features a projecting bay window and open porch that apparently has been added to the street facing gable end. Although the Mundt Store and house is important in the architectural history of Watertown, it is not an architecturally significant example of the Greek Revival influenced house nor is it a significant example of the commercial vernacular building. However, the Mundt building contributes substantially to the North Fourth Street Historic District. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown, Wisconsin Public Library. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |