Property Record
143 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12)
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Elizabeth Clachen Millinery |
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Other Name: | Cambridge Furniture |
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Reference Number: | 109179 |
Location (Address): | 143 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: | 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: | This two story commercial building has several intact decorative elements. A garlanded frieze appears below a projecting bracketed cornice, and brick pilasters act as mullions accenting the windows on the second story. Each pilaster has a capital on top and corbeling on the bottom. An 1898 insurance document suggests that George Dow rented this building to Elizabeth Clachen for her millinery shop. By 1902, the building housed the Lund Drug Company. by 1909, it served as a furniture store. A 1910 photograph indicated the building housed the Theodore Tellefson & Son Furniture & Undertaker. Post WWII businesses included a grocery store, a law office, and currently, another furniture store. |
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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 |