Property Record
122 W COMMERCIAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Gordon's Drive-In |
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| Reference Number: | 222992 |
| Location (Address): | 122 W COMMERCIAL ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mazomanie |
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| Year Built: | 1957 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | restaurant |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The one-story building is separated from the road by a large parking lot, with a drive-in awning projecting from the south-facing main elevation. The restaurant has a low-pitched hip roof with broad overhanging eaves, and large picture windows span the cream brick walls of the dining area on the eastern half of the building. The western half contains the kitchen, and the awning shelters a walk-up service counter with a continuous band of windows that wraps around the southwest corner of the building. The roof of the metal drive-in awning slopes slightly upwards on either side of its long axis and is supported by tapered, canted, L-shaped posts. A large illuminated sign atop a pole advertises the name of the restaurant. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 14: Walter Rd. To CTH KP.” WHS project number 13-0259/DA. August 2012. Mead & Hunt, Inc. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |