Property Record
537 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Riverside Creamery (also Gehl Condensery) |
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| Other Name: | Kasten Manufacturing Company |
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| Reference Number: | 115520 |
| Location (Address): | 537 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Washington |
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| Township/Village: | Addison |
| Unincorporated Community: | ALLENTON |
| Town: | 11 |
| Range: | 18 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 16 |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | dairy |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Wood |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 1999- "The Riverside Creamery is a vernacular gabled frame structure. Built c. 1895, the building has a metal raised seam roof, horizontal plank siding, and rests on a concrete stucco-covered foundation. The creamery evolved over time and has several additions and modifications. The front of the building consists of three sections. The central, side-gabled one-story building is flanked to the west by a taller, two-story side-gabled section, and to the east by a one-story hipped roof addition. The front facade of the central section has a modern bay door. Most windows are original, and consist of four-light casements, two-over-two double-hung sash, and two-light fixed panes. Windows on the east facade are covered with board. Several frame additions and a flat-roofed brick building have been added to the rear of the three-part front building. A white brick smokestack with a polychromatic red brick design is located at the rear. Located to the west of the creamery is a gambrel roofed barn, built c. 1895. This frame building has a wide sloping roof with asphalt shingles, and has two cross gabled dormers in its eastern roof facade. The barn is sided in vertical plank and has a shed-roofed addition on the street side, with two sliding bay doors that span the width of the building. A square, fixed window is located at the eave. West of the barn is a non-contributing modern metal trailer. The Riverside Creamery property has been used for manufacturing since the late 1950s." -"Allenton 7.5, Washington Co.", WisDOT#1412-02-00, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc., (1999). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |