Property Record
906 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 28098 |
| Location (Address): | 906 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Boscobel |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DISTRICT DETERMINED ELEGIBLE: 1/20/93. HABS WI-333. A RESIDENCE CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL USE AND COVERED WITH ASBESTOS SHINGLES. MULLIONS DIVIDE THE DISPLAY WINDOWS, SIDELIGHTS, AND TRANSOM MARK THE ENTRANCE. THIS COMMERICAL STURCTURE IS TYPICAL OF THE FRAME, GABLE ROOFED BUILDINGS WHICH LINED WISCONSIN AVEENUE IN THE 1860'S. ALTHOUGH ALTERED, THE STOREFRONT EXHIBITS THE CONFIGURATION TYPICAL OF THIS TYPE OF STRUCTURE. THE STORE IS INTERESTING AS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY COMMERICAL TYPE, BUT WINDOW REPLACEMENT AND SIDING MATERIALS HAVE RESULTED IN A LOSS OF INTEGRITY. IN 1884 THE BUILDING HOUSED A RESTAURANT (A), AND IN 1912 IT HOUSED A MILLINERY (B). 1992- "This building is one of Boscobel's few remaining frame construction Front Gable form commercial buildings and it is rectilinear in plan, measures 20-feet-wide by 50-feet-deep, and is two-stories in height. The first story of the main east-facing facade consists of a storefront that features a possibly original centered entrance door that is flanked by four-light side lights and surmounted by a now filled transom. This entrance is flanked on either side by two-light display windows that each have a transom above that is now filled with a wooden panel. The second story of this facade is now two-bays-wide and each of the bays contains a flatarched one-over-one light double hung window that is sheltered by a fixed metal awning. This story is now sided in asbestos shingles and the roof is covered an asphalt shingles. All of these recent modifications have obliterated what little historic or architectural integrity the building might once have had. Consequently, it is believed that the building can no longer be considered a contributing element to the district." - Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (1992). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SANBORN PERRIS 1884. B. SANBORN PERRIS 1912. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |