Property Record
229 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RATHER AND SCHAEBLE TINSMITH AND HARDWARE |
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| Other Name: | FRANK AND GEORGE VANDERHEIDEN (MILK CAN MFG) |
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| Reference Number: | 2354 |
| Location (Address): | 229 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Wrightstown |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 2006 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2006- ALTERED STOREFRNT & MODRN WINDOWS. 1977-GARAGE DOOR AT SIDE BELOW DOOR LEVEL EARLY STOREFRONT INTACT SIMPLE BRICK CORBEL TABLE In photo and/or map codes, (F) stands for Fox River Valley Survey. Negatives filed with survey project. NAER INVENTORY (06/1979): This building was originally used as the Rather and Schaeuble Tinsmith and Hardware Store. In 1905 Frank and George VanderHeiden assumed ownership of the structure and established a tinsmith, which produced milk cans for area dairymen. Rectangular (28 x 50) plan, rubble limestone foundation, brick walls, ornamental brick work along frieze bead course. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A.) Taxrolls Village of Wrightstown 1889-1890, Lot 6 Block 2. (B.) Ruth D. Roebke, FROME BRIDGEPORT TO WRIGHTSTOWN, Franciscan Publishers (1971) p. 89. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |