Property Record
208 S Pearl Street
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | US Post Office |
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| Reference Number: | 242846 |
| Location (Address): | 208 S Pearl Street |
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| County: | Waupaca |
| City: | New London |
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| Year Built: | 1959 |
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| Survey Date: | 2020 |
| Historic Use: | post office |
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| Wall Material: | 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 subject post office was constructed in 1959 on the site of its 1941/42 predecessor. It is in the northeast corner of the S. Pearl Street/Wolf River Avenue intersection and setback from both streets by the width of the sidewalk. Sheathed with brick laid in a common bond, five courses of stretchers for every one of headers, the building is one story in height though its southern one-third is a few feet shorter than its northern two-thirds. The structure’s primary feature is the entryway situated at the extreme south end of the west side. It consists of a glass door framed by sidelights and a transom, all of a consistent width. To the left (north) of the entrance is a large, ground-to-cornice panel of quarried and vertically laid sandstone upon which is the building’s identification as the US Post Office of New London. Two windows are to the left (north) of the sandstone wall, each with a tall, fixed, narrow glass panel below which is a louvered light that can be opened for ventilation. Those two windows have a concrete sill. To the left (north) of those lights is the slightly taller, northern two-thirds of the building. That wall claims one grouping of eight windows, all similar to the two to the right (south), adjacent to the sandstone wall. The grouping is symmetrically placed and has a continuous concrete sill. A modest sheet metal cornice completes that part of the building. The south sidewall, directly around the corner from the entrance, is all brick with the exception of twelve continuous, two-light windows separated into four groupings of three, all centered in the wall and immediately below a wider metal cornice. A continuous, concrete sill serves all windows, four of which have louvered lower panes to accommodate ventilation. Two, two-light windows with concrete sills are located on north side of the structure while a loading dock is on the east side. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Plaque inside main door. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |