Property Record
200 W MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Parkway Theater |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 234160 |
| Location (Address): | 200 W MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Mount Horeb |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Additions: | 1951 1970 |
| Survey Date: | 2017 |
| Historic Use: | theater |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/5/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/17/2018 |
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| Additional Information: | This brick-veneered structural clay tile astylistic utilitarian building was erected as the Parkway Theater in 1923-24. Built for Alfred Peterson, the building also housed a dance hall. The Parkway Theater hosted movies, lectures, and vaudeville shows. Leo Sutter and Gunnar Larson bought the property in 1951 and moved their electrical appliances business, Majestic Sales, into the building. Sutter and Larson extensively remodeled the building to house their showroom. The building was converted to a tavern for Hugo Fink in 1970. It has housed the offices of Jenny Johnson, realtor, since at least 1996. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Elizabeth L. Miller, "Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: An Intensive Survey of the Historic Resources of the Commercially-Zoned Downtown," report prepared for the Village of Mount Horeb Historic Preservation Commission. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |