541 CENTRAL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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541 CENTRAL AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
541 CENTRAL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:STATE BANK OF FLORENCE (NAME STONE)
Other Name:STATE BANK OF FLORENCE
Contributing:
Reference Number:22588
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):541 CENTRAL AVE
County:Florence
City:
Township/Village:Florence
Unincorporated Community:FLORENCE
Town:40
Range:18
Direction:E
Section:21
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
Additions:
Survey Date:19842022
Historic Use:bank/financial institution
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:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:RUSTICATED MONUMENTAL IONIC PILSTERS SUPPORT MOULDED AND DENTILLED CORNICE FLUTEDIONIC PILASTERS FLANK TRANSOMED AND SIDELIGHTED DOORDOOR W/ MOULDED CORNICEDOOR AND WINDOW W/ ROMAN WINDOW TRANSOMS 1 STORY CONTEMPORARY SIDE ADDITION 2022 Resurveyed - The two-story, Neoclassical Revival, State Bank of Florence was constructed c.1915. It has brick cladding and a concrete-block foundation. It has a flat roof of unknown material and has brick parapets on all four elevations. Windows are metal, replacement, one-over-one, double-hung sash. The front (north) facade contains rusticated concrete ionic pilasters that support a molded and dentilled cornice. The main entrance, which is centrally located, contains a modern full-light door with a transom and sidelights. The entrance is flanked by fluted Ionic pilasters that are topped by a molded cornice. Above the cornice is a nameplate engraved with the words “State Bank of Florence.” East of the central entrance is a modern entrance not original to the building. There is a large, contemporary, one-story addition at the east elevation that now serves as the primary entrance.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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