1517-1523 TOWER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1517-1523 TOWER AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1517-1523 TOWER AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Washington Block
Other Name:Burlington Northern Office
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:17860
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1517-1523 TOWER AVE
County:Douglas
City:Superior
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1891
Additions:
Survey Date:198319842007
Historic Use:apartment/condominium
Architectural Style:Neoclassical/Beaux Arts
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Washington Block
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
NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History.

PAIRED TRANSOMED WINDOWS W/ORNATE TERRA COTTA SURROUNDS. 2ND FLR WINDOWS W/SWAG MOTIFS IN MOULDED TERRA COTTA LINTELS. ORNATE TERRA COTTA BELT COURSE UNDER PLAIN BRICK PARAPET. ORIGINAL ORNATE ENTRANCE W/LARGE CONSOLED PANEL W/ROUND WINDOW.

Built by the Land & River Improvement Co. and investor W.H. Folsom for New York. The building was designed as an office and apartment building and housed the NW Hanna Coal Company, a furniture store, the Wisconsin Highway Department and several smaller offices and organizations. Th building became the Superior offices on the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1980.
Bibliographic References:EVENING TELEGRAM 08/29/1891.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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