| Additional Information: | 1974: BRACKETED AND DENTICULATED CORNICE. SHINGLED OVERHANG W/SHINGLED POSTS.
2010: Referred to as the Clarke Building in The Village of Walworth... (2007). The Clarke Building housed the telephone office in 1900, started by Harold E.Walters, as well as Dr. R.D. Thomas's dental office and Myer Cohn's General Store, both of which opened in 1904.
The Walworth Times, 27 October 1904:
"C.C. Clarke of Milton Junction and F.J. Clarke of Walworth have shown their faith in the future of this place by building a handsome two-story brick business block 50 x 80 feet and a one-story brick building, 25 x 80 feet, adjoining the above on the east, at a cost of over $12,000.
Along with the building at 108 Madison Street (See AHI#172521), this structure was built in 1904 and was known as the Clarke Block or Building, as it was built by C.C. & F.J. Clarke. A 1904 newspaper article lists the tenants either already located in, or to be located in, the Clarke block. They include: Myer Cohn, general merchandise, who had previously been located in the Higbee Block and would be moving into the westernmost room, with the family living on the second floor; E.J. Booth, jewelry and clocks (previously in the Walworth State Bank Building) and Jesse Wilkinson, the druggist, in the middle room; Dr. R.D. Thomas, the dentist (formerly in the Higbee Block), to the front, second floor of the Clarke Block; and real estate and insurance man E.M. Holston, to an unidentified location.
2010: This two-story commercial building is faced with brick and topped with a bracketed cornice. The first floor is comprised of two storefronts and an entry to the upper-level apartments, all of which is sheltered by a circa-1970, shed-roofed overhang covered with wooden shingles. The second floor carries a pair of tripartite openings along the building’s west half, while the east half features a single, similar opening. A smooth, plain sill runs beneath the windows, while a continuous rock-faced header runs above. Immediately beneath the cornice runs a line of decorative, corbelled brickwork.
2024: Resurveyed. Minor exterior changes since 2010. Update photo. |
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| Bibliographic References: | The Village of Walworth, Wisconsin: A Historical Walking Tour of the Downtown Area. The Historical Society of Walworth and Big Foot Prairie, Inc. Compiled by Nancy Alberth Lehman, 2007.
"A Good Season in the Building Line in Walworth, The Walworth Times, 27 October 1904, 1/5. See below.
"Change of Locations," The Walworth Times, 27 October 1904, 1/3.
“Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 14: Illinois State Line To I-43.” WHS project number 11-0524/WL. July 2010, rechecked February 2011. Heritage Research, Ltd. |
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