Property Record
100-106 S WASHINGTON
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bellin Building |
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| Other Name: | Bellin Building |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 37923 |
| Location (Address): | 100-106 S WASHINGTON |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862017 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | Chicago Commercial Style |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Perry T. Benson |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Built by Bellin-Buchanan Building Co. Fine large office building on prominent corner site with terra cotta cladding on E. Walnut St. and S. Washington St. Facades. The first floor is taller than the rest and all windows on this floor have been modernized. Otherwise, the building is totally intact. Windows are organized in groups between panelled piers that rise unbroken to the wide cornice above the 7th floor. Crowning these inset panels is a small terra cotta plaque depicting a ram's head. Above the cornice is an attic story with a parapet above with finials marking the extension of the piers below. There is a two-story-tall addition to the building running the length of the south facade which is original to the building and is identical in design and materials. Two-story addition was demolished in July 2004. 2017 This building occupies the southwest corner of E. Walnut and S. Washington and is visible from many different vantage points throughout the district. This Chicago Commercial Style building was designed by Perry T. Benson and constructed by the Bellin-Buchanan Building Co. Construction of the seven-story building began in 1915 and was completed in 1916. Dr, Julius Bellin, prominent Green Bay physician and surgeon, was the driving force behind the construction of the building that bears his name, and early tenants included many medical professionals. A full eighth floor and smaller ninth floor penthouse were added in 1924 . The north and east street-facing façades are clad in white terra cotta; the other two sides, which face adjacent lots, are clad in brick. The first floor, which is taller than any floor above, has large storefront windows that were modernized in 2007. When built, the east-facing façade also had a fourth section to the south. This section was only two stories in height and was removed in 2004. The rest of the building’s exterior remains as it was after the 1924 additions. On the street-facing facades, continuous vertical paneled piers extend from just above the first floor up to the cornice just above the seventh floor where they terminate with a terra cotta plaque depicting a ram’s head. These piers break the east-facing façade into three sections, with groupings of three 1/1 windows at each floor in the outer two sections and a group of four 1/1 windows at each floor in the center section. The north-facing façade has five such sections, with groupings of two 1/1 windows at each floor in the outer two sections and a group of four 1/1 windows at each floor in the three central sections. An eighth floor with parapet and finials maintains the same fenestration arrangement and overall footprint as the floors below. The smaller ninth floor penthouse is set back from the north and east edges of the building and, as a result, is not visible from many vantage points. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn-Perris Map Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, Wisconsin. New York, 1957. (B) Plaque on building front. (C) Green Bay Inspection department. (D) Green Bay Press-Gazette. Green Bay, Wisconsin. 17 Mar 1916, page 23. (E) “History,” The Historic Bellin Building, accessed 02 Feb 2017, http://bellinbuilding.com/history_2.html. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |