Property Record
129 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Nicholas Anderson Meat Market |
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| Other Name: | Amundson Insurance |
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| Reference Number: | 109176 |
| Location (Address): | 129 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12) |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Cambridge |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1999 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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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: | Initial records indicate this building housed a meat market owned by Thomas Overson, who also owned the building next door at 121 W Main St. By 1902, he was renting the space to Nicholas Anderson, who ran the meat market through the late 1920s. During the 1930s, George Anderson too over the business, maintaining it through the 1950s. After that, the building housed a paint shop, a bookkeeping service, and in 1981, Tom Punsel moved the Amundson Insurance Agency there. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic name taken from insurance documents. Circa construction date based upon field observation. Architecture/History Survey. September 1999. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |