Property Record
145-145 1/2 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Cambridge Hardware |
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| Other Name: | Reflections of Culture |
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| Reference Number: | 117911 |
| Location (Address): | 145-145 1/2 W MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12) |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Cambridge |
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| Year Built: | 1921 |
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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: | This structure was formally surveyed with 143 W. Main and carried AHI#: 0109179. Originally owned by Paul Westphal who operated Cambridge Hardware and rented out apartments on the second floor. a 1932 Sanborn map shows that the store had a tin shop in the rear and two gas pumps on the sidewalk in front of the business. Westphal retired in the 1950s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic name and construction date from Cambridge News, 10 June 1921. Architecture/History Survey. September 1999. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |