Property Record
330 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK |
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| Other Name: | ABSTRACT AND TITLE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28119 |
| Location (Address): | 330 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Darlington |
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| Year Built: | 1885 |
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| Additions: | 1928 |
| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | RILEY AND SIEBERZ |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/7/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/15/1994 |
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| Additional Information: | THIS BANK ORIGINALLY BUILT OF BRICK WITH A FLAT SLOPING ROOF IN 1885 WAS ALTERED BY THE ADDTION OF A NEW, NEO-CLASSICAL INFLUENCED FACADE IN 1928. DOUBLE MONUMENTAL 2-STORY PILASTERS PENETRATED BY WINDOWS AT STREET LEVEL THAT FRAME THE TALL NARROW STRUCTURE VISUALLY SUPPORT THE ENTABLATURE AND PEDIMENT DIVIDED INTO NINE LONG, NARROW BAYS. THE CENTER FIVE BAYS ARE WINDOWS WITH DECORATED PANELS AT 2ND FLOOR LEVEL DIVIDING THE WINDOWED AREAS INTO TWO PARTS. THE WORDS "CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK" ARE INSCRIBED INTO THE FREIZE OF THE ENTABLATURE. THIS BANK BUILDING HAS ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE AS A DELIGHTFUL LATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEO-CLASSICAL INFLUENCED STYLE IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IT IS ONE OF THE KEY BUILDINGS IN THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF DARLINGTON. THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED IN 1873, IS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT TO THE FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DARLINGTON. FIRST KNOWN AS "JUDGE, KING AND CO., BANKERS," THE CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK WAS A PRIVATE MONETARY INSTITUTION ESTABLISHED BY JAMES JUDGE. JUDGE HAD EARLIER ESTABLISHED THE FIRST BANK IN THE COUNTY, ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY BANK IN 1866. IN 1873, JUDGE SOLD HIS ASSETS IN THE OTHER BANK. HE THEN WENT INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF UNTIL 1879. IN FEBRUARY OF THAT YEAR E. C. KING BECAME AN ASSOCIATE. H. J. GALLAGHER, AN EXPERIENCED BANKER BECAME A PARTNER IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR. THE BANK CONDUCTED ITS BUSINESS IN A BUILDING PREVIOUSLY STANDING ON THIS LOT. IN 1885, A NEW BANK WAS ERECTED.(A,E) IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A COMPETITOR TO THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BUILDING PLAQUE. KENNETH SCHREITER, INTERVIEW, 1-10-83. LAFAYETTE CO. FILES, HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIVISION, STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WISCONSIN. SANBORN-PERRIS MAP, DARLINGTON, 1884, 1889, 1900, 1924. C.W. BUTTERFIELD, "HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY," 1881, P. 544. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |