Property Record
436-38 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wolff's Clothing, (S. Wolff & Son) |
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| Other Name: | CANDY HOUSE, MILTON LA POUR BUILDING |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 21398 |
| Location (Address): | 436-38 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Additions: | 1968 |
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| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| 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. RUSTICATED 1ST & 2ND FLR FACADEHEAVY MOULDED AND BRACKETED CORNICE ABOVE 2ND FLR 3RD FLR POSSIBLY OF CONCRETE BLOCK 1893 building that was significantly remodeled in 1968 to feature the same exterior appearance of the adjoining former bank building located directly south. Early building tenants included Wolff's Clothing House (1893-1916), then Zahn's Department Store (1918-1924), then F. W. Woolworth Co. department store (1929-1966). Woolworth vacated the building by 1967, at which point it was purchased and remodeled to tie into the Milton LaPour office building directly to the south "to form a single large office building." ("Will Tie Woolworth Store to LaPour Office Building") (The LaPour office building was formerly the Manufacturers National Bank, AHI #11,068. LaPour purchased and remodeled it for his real estate investment firm offices in 1964/1965) |
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| Bibliographic References: | "Will Tie Woolworth Store to LaPour Office Building," The Journal Times (Racine), August 20, 1967 Historic photographs of the building in possession of the Racine Heritage Museum |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |