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500 N PINE ST

Architecture and History Inventory
500 N PINE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:BANK OF BURLINGTON
Other Name:MAY'S INSURANCE
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:10664
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):500 N PINE ST
County:Racine
City:Burlington
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1909
Additions:
Survey Date:1975
Historic Use:bank/financial institution
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect: GUILBERT & FUNSTON
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Burlington Downtown Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/2/2000
State Register Listing Date:10/22/1999
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:BALUSTRADE AROUND ROOF. Upstairs was a Wisconsin National Guard Armory until the 1950s.

Resurveyed (2008) by Heritage Research. Update card provided.

2012-
Constructed of Bedford limestone the original cost of the building was around $80,000. The bank was originally heated with steam form the Wisconsin Condensed Milk Factory. a heating plant was installed in the building in 1935.
Bibliographic References:Preservation Racine, Inc., Newsletter: Summer 2012.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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