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143 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

143 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12)

Architecture and History Inventory
143 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12) | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Elizabeth Clachen Millinery
Other Name:Cambridge Furniture
Contributing:
Reference Number:109179
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):143 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12)
County:Dane
City:Cambridge
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1890
Additions:
Survey Date:1999
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
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.
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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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