Property Record
852 E JOHNSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | R. Andrew Breuch Garage & Filling Station |
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| Reference Number: | 106225 |
| Location (Address): | 852 E JOHNSON ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Survey Date: | 19842012 |
| Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Claude and Starck |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This 2-story Astylistic Utilitarian building was constructed in 1928 as a garage and filling station . It is rectangular in plan with brick walls and a flat roof. The front elevation faces southeast and is asymmetrical in plan; most of the first story of the facade is recessed under the second story with a brick pier support at the eastern corner. Within this recess are a small garage door, two individual doors, a large picture window, and a pair of shop windows. Two additional windows or doors have been removed, as have transom windows over both remaining doors. The second story contains a pair of sliding glass doors with small metal balconies at each end and two banks of three large glass panel windows between. Resurveyed August 2012; changes include the replacement of all original multi-pane windows with modern glass panel windows and the removal of doors and transom windows from the first story façade. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct E. Johnson St.: N. Butler St. To N. Baldwin St.” WHS project number 13-0193/DA. 2013. Great Lakes Area Research Center (Gail Klein). Wisconsin State Journal: December 31, 1928, p. 2. This article states that the building was built for Ray Anderson and A. C. Branch for $50,000 as a service building and service station. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |