Property Record
613 S WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRANK LINTNER BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | TRUESDELL OF RACINE |
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| Reference Number: | 11994 |
| Location (Address): | 613 S WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | large 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: | Historic Sixth Street Business District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/24/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | SYMMETRICAL FRONT W/ LARGE 2 STORY ORIELS2 STORY ORIELS W/ CARVED PANELS AND DETAILING POLYCHROME BRICKWORK TRIM THESE BRICKS OF SAND WERE MADE IN RACINE FOR ONLY A SHORT TIME BY THE SAND BRICK CHEMICAL COMPANY, WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY WILLIAM H. LATHROP AND HIS BROTHER CHAUNCEY. THEY DID NOT PROVE AS DURABLE, HOWEVER,AS MORE CONVENTIONALLY MADE BRICK AND THEY WERE DISCONTINUED EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY ABOUT THE TIME OF THE LINTNER BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HISTORIC SIXTH STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |