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512 E GRAND AVE

Historic Name:
Rindfleisch Building (Floral)

Other Name:
Rindfleisch Flowers Building

Reference Number:
16580

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Property Location

Location (Address)

512 E GRAND AVE

County

Rock

City/Village

Beloit

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1926

Additions

Survey Date

1980

Historic Use

large retail building

Architectural Style

Commercial Vernacular

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Rosman and Wierdsma

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

An architecturally significant example of the non-historical brick comemrcial structures which dominated Midwestern cities in the 1920's, the Rindfleisch building is characterized by brick piers, stone trim, a parapeted roofline, and a large plate glass storefront. Rising three tsories with attic, the second and third floor are united by brick piers which rise uninterrupted from the top of the first story to the parapet. A stone course articulates the top of the third story and stone capitals crown the piers. Above that, the parapet, with battlemented profile, is ornamented with horizontal stone courses and two finials. The first-story storefront is distinguished by its cutaway entry on the northwest corner and a Tudor arched doorway on the northeast. Above the plate glass are banded transom windows which are ornamented with thin cames. Above the first story is a stone course, and several stone diamond-shaped inlays punctuate the front facade. This building remains in its totally original, unaltered state and is in fact probably the least altered pre-1930 structure in all of downtown Beloit.

Bibliographic References

(A) Beloit Tax Rolls, RCHS Archives. (B) Parapet plaque: "Rindfleisch/1926."

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Rindfleisch Building

National Register Listing Date

Jan 07, 1983

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

large retail building Commercial Vernacular

Rock
County

Beloit
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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