Property Record
613 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fall River Cheese Factory |
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| Reference Number: | 138686 |
| Location (Address): | 613 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Fall River |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | cheese factory |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2001: Constructed on the fieldstone basement of what had been the front section of the Fall River Creamery. The Fall River Creamery was erected around 1910, and included a one-story, shed-roofed frame section (demolished) appended to the rear. When the existing house was completed, the shed-roofed section become the garage. Originally, the house had a full-facade front porch which was removed after 1943. Sometime between 1927 and 1943 the frame rear additon was razed and a one-story, concrete block addition with a flat roof was raised in its place. This addition was built to house a cheese factory, while the house was kept in residential use. After 1943, a second, flat roofed addition was appended to the concrete blok cheese factory, and a large, polygonal chimney erected. The Fall River Cheese Factory closed in the mid-1950s. The house is a modest example of the Side Gable vernacular form, lacking in architectural distinction. In addition, the loss of the full-facade front porch has impaired the house's integrity. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Architecture/History Survey 2001: Elizabeth Miller |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |