Property Record
250 RITTENHOUSE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank Stark Building |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 1441 |
| Location (Address): | 250 RITTENHOUSE AVE |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| City: | Bayfield |
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| Year Built: | 1886 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bayfield Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/25/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | VERY TALL FALSE FRONT WITH BRACKETED PROJECTING CORNICE. ORIGINAL STOREFRONT INTACT. SMALL ONE-STORY SHED ATTACHED TO ONE SIDE. [Date Cnst:PRE (A)] This was the site of one of Bayfield's early commercial establishments. Four generations of the Frank Stark Family operated a grocery and feed store here. Frank Stark's house was on S. 5th Street (see AHI #1289). |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] NRHP NOMINATION FORM Brownstone & Bargeboard, A Guide to Bayfield’s Historic Architecture, Whitney Gould and Stephen Wittman; Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. 1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |