Property Record
1690 DAY ST/STATE HIGHWAY 96
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Feedstore |
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| Other Name: | John Schmitt Property |
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| Reference Number: | 120274 |
| Location (Address): | 1690 DAY ST/STATE HIGHWAY 96 |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Wrightstown |
| Unincorporated Community: | Greenleaf |
| Town: | 21 |
| Range: | 20 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 8 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Additions: | 1967 |
| Survey Date: | 2006 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Kossow |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Rests on cut stone foundation. Features a recessed door entry with transom. Previously surveyed in 1998. The building is said to have originally served as a feed store. It then housed a photography studio before being converted to a barbershop for Frank Schmitt in 1908. Schmitt was succeeded by his son, John, who operated the barbershop until fire damaged the building in 1993. The Schmitt family occupied the building until 1993. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Information from John Schmitt 9/28/2004. Architecture and History Survey. February 2006. Prepared by Elizabeth L. Miller. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |