Property Record
1202-1208 TOWER AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Empire Block |
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| Other Name: | Empire Block |
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| Reference Number: | 17826 |
| Location (Address): | 1202-1208 TOWER AVE |
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| County: | Douglas |
| City: | Superior |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | CARL WIRTH (1975 RECON SURVEY) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Empire Block |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/27/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Speculative Commercial Blocks of Superior's Boom Period |
| Additional Information: | PAIRED WINDOWS W/MASSIVE ROUGH CUT LINTELS & CENTER PAIRED ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE-INFLUENCED COLUMNS. TWO STORY BRICK WALL PILASTERS DIVIDE BAYS AND WINDOWS. PAIRED SMALL 1ST FLR WINDOWS W/ROUGH CUT DRIP STONE LINTELS. ROUND ARCH ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE MAIN ENTRANCES HAVING MASSIVE STONE SURROUNDS HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY OBSCURED BY LATER ALTERATIONS SINCE THE BUILDING WAS LAST SURVEYED IN 1983. ROUGH CUT STONE CNR QUOINS. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Assessor's Record. Lusignan, Paul. Superior Intensive Survey Report. Superior, 1983. Architecture and History Survey. October 2009, August 2010, December 2010. Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |