Property Record
218 W NORTH WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 242851 |
| Location (Address): | 218 W NORTH WATER ST |
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| County: | Waupaca |
| City: | New London |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Survey Date: | 2020 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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: | Surveyed 2020: Influenced by the Queen Anne style, this 1889 building is on the south side of the street facing north. Queen Anne ornamentation notwithstanding, the symmetry of this building is striking. Its primary feature is the centered, four-light display window, above which is a nominal, three-sided pent roof, above which is a slightly projecting bay and its center panel with a large picture window above which is a much narrower window pane of the same width. Each of the bay’s canted corners claims a narrow, one-over-one-light, double hung sash. Crowning the building’s first-floor display window and projecting bay centerpiece above is a steeply pitched, gabled roof with heavy timber ornamentation set in the gable itself. A pointed arched window, now tactfully infilled, is centered immediately beneath the gabled peak. Flanking the display window on the first floor are two doors, that to the right being slightly recessed and offering passage into the store. That to the left accesses the second floor. Each doorway is embellished by a single-pane, glass transom framed by small, colored glass squares. Double-hung, one-over-one-light windows flank the projecting bay on the second floor. The building’s cornice is subtle and notable for its three rows of angled, brick headers. It is crowned by a concrete coping. |
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| Bibliographic References: | New London Public Museum, New London Public Museum Presents the Walking Tour of Historic Downtown (New London, WI: New London Public Museum, 2008). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |