Property Record
300 4TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RACINE FIRE DEPARTMENT ENGINE HOUSE #5 |
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| Other Name: | THE JOURNAL-TIMES GARAGE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 21392 |
| Location (Address): | 300 4TH ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 1987 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | ALBERT ARTHUR GUILBERT |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 2006 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Old Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/11/1987 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. 4 STORY CNR TOWER W/LOW PITCHED HIP ROOF W/BRACKETED OVERHANGING EAVES. TOWER W/MASSIVE STONE BRACKETED SILLS IN STONE SILL COURSE. SEGMENTAL ARCH TOWER ENTRANCE W/MASSIVE BRICK & STONE SURROUND. MOULDED AND BRACKETED CORNICE. GROUPED 3/1 WINDOWS. ALTERED 1ST FL. PHOTO CODE IS NR 311A/17. ENGINE HOUSE NO.5 WAS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE RACINE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNTIL THE LATE 1960s. When A. Arthur Guilbert designed the fire department’s Engine House Number 5 in 1907, he used the Prairie style’s strong horizontal lines. His ties to the Arts and Crafts movement appear in rectilinear brackets under the eaves of the watchtower and three-over-one “bungalow windows” on the firehouse. Guilbert and his partner Edmund Funston ran the city’s leading architectural firm at that time, and Funston embraced new styles even more enthusiastically. Demolished July 24, 2006. |
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| Bibliographic References: | OLD MAIN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990. Preservation Racine, Inc., Spring 2009 Newsletter. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Robert D. Long for the City of Racine Landmarks Commission, Racine's Historic Firehouses, 1982. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |