Property Record
138 MAIN STREET
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | KRIWANECK BROS STORE |
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| Reference Number: | 156542 |
| Location (Address): | 138 MAIN STREET |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Denmark |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Rock-Faced Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Built in 1906 by Frank, Louis, Ed and Charles Kriwanek where they sold groceries, general merchandise, and large farm machinery. Second floor later housed the local telephone company, before being sold to General Telephone Company in 1940. 2009- "The Kriwanek Brothers Store was constructed in 1906. This two-story Commercial Vernacular building is clad in rockfaced concrete block and has a flat roof and parapet. The first story storefront has been covered with vertical metal cladding and contains two groups of three-part casement windows, as well as a recessed metal-and-glass door. Three modern metal double hung windows are present in the second story. Window placement throughout the rest of the building is irregular and consists of modern double hungs." -"CTH KB: CTH R to Prospect St", WisDOT#4538-04-71, Prepared by Justin Miller, (2009). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Village of Denmark "Historic Walking Tour 2008" |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |