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400 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
400 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:HUGH GORTON BUILDING
Other Name:WHEY CHAI RESTAURANT
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:21409
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):400 MAIN ST
County:Racine
City:Racine
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1848
Additions:
Survey Date:2000
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Romanesque Revival
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: Old Main Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:8/11/1987
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:ROUGH CUT STONE FACADE TOPPED W/ MOULDED AND BRACKETEDEAVES ROUND ARCH 2ND FLR ARCADE W/ KEYSTONES AND ROUND WINDOWSALTERED 1ST FLR FRONTBRICK SIDE WALLS W/ SEGMENTAL ARCH LINTELSORIGINALLY A MILLINERY SHOP & OFFICES

DESIGNED BY J.G. CHANDLER WHO MAINTAINED HIS ARCHITECTURAL OFFICES ON THE SECOND FLOOR FROM 1899 TO 1918, WHILE HE WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LINUS H. PARK. HUGH GORTON OPERATED A BUTHER SHOP HERE HER FROM THE MID 1870s UNTIL 1899. A HAT SHOP WAS OPERATED HERE BY A SUCCESSION OF OWNERS UNTIL 1939.
Bibliographic References:OLD MAIN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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