Property Record
911 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Montgomery Ward |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 28101 |
| Location (Address): | 911 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Boscobel |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | HABS WI-333. A small two-story building with storefront now covered with asphalt roll siding and vertical boards. The three second stoy windows have been reduced in size. The building was covered with pressed metal at one time (A). 1992- "Boomtown form frame construction commercial building's west-facing main facade originally featured a full-width first story storefront that consisted of a centered entrance flanked on either side by display windows placed above panelled bulkheads. A second story entrance door was placed to the left of this storefront and the second story itself was three-bays-wide and each bay contained a flat-arched window opening. The facade was then topped with a simple cornice and had a small centered pediment that featured a name board. sanborn-Perris maps also show that the second story ot the main facade and both the rear and two side elevations were resided with stamped metal siding between 1912 and 1927, but it is not known it any of this siding still survives today. This building assumed its present appearance sometime after 1960. Today, the first story storefront still retains its earlier configuration, but the main entrance door is enframed by vertical boards as are the bulkheads below the display windows and the wall surfaces on either side of the display windows. The second story entrance door is also modern and the three second story window openings have been reduced in size and are filled with modern two-over-two light windows. ln addition, the second story wall surface has been covered with plastic clapboard siding. As a result, this building no longer retains its historic appearance and is considered to be non-contributing to the district." - Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (1992). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SANBORN PERRIS MAP 1927. B. GILLET PHOTOGRAPH. ICONGRAPHY SHS. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |