Property Record
14 E BAYFIELD ST (USH 13)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BAYFIELD COUNTY BANK |
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| Other Name: | Harbor North Counseling |
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| Reference Number: | 1464 |
| Location (Address): | 14 E BAYFIELD ST (USH 13) |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| City: | Washburn |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Survey Date: | 20082022 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brownstone |
| Architect: | John Halloran, builder |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | FIRST STORY SEVERELY ALTERED PROJECTING CORNICE 2ND STORY W/ PAIRED ARCHED WINDOWS W/ MOLDING CLUSTERS OF ENGAGED COLUMNETTES. Built as the Bayfield County Bank. The original first story storefront, which featured a centered display window and and entrance doors to the bank and to the second story on either side, has now (2009) been replaced with a modern one. Built of brownstone from the Prentice Quarries at Houghton Point [WHPA 2005]. Build by Dan M. Maxcy, who moved to Washburn from Maine. Maxcy was well known in the real estate business. He had a stutter and most felt he used it to great advantage. By 1923, the bank was insolvent and closed. 2022 - Resurveyed. The former Bayfield County Bank is a two-story Romanesque Revival style commercial building built in 1889. The brick building has a rectilinear footprint and is clad in locally quarried rock-faced brownstone on the façade. The first story storefront features a half-canted center display window flanked by cast iron supporting posts and modern replacement doors. The signboard has been infilled with vinyl siding and features a faux front-facing gable, also clad in vinyl siding. A cast iron lintel separates the first and second stories. The second story consists of four round-arched windows with one-over-one vinyl replacement sashes and fixed transoms. The arches are supported by grouped colonnettes and carved stone cushion capitals. Centered above the windows is a stone plaque reading “BANK.” The building is topped by a stone cornice with corner finials. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Eckert, Kathryn. Sandstone Buildings in the Lake Superior Region. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2000. Washburn Heritage Preservation Association. Wood, Stone, and Water: Washburn Walking Tour. Bayfield: Roslyn Nelson, 2005. PP. 10-11. Name Stone (Bank) centered in second story of the facade. WASHBURN NEWS: APRIL 6, 1889, P. 1; AUGUST 31, 1889, P. 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |