137-139 S CENTRAL AVE

137-139 S CENTRAL AVE

Wood

Marshfield

1887

1990

small retail building

Italianate

Brick

No

This two story late nineteenth Century Commercial Vernacular retail building is located in the middle of the 100 block of South Central Avenue, Marshfield's central business district. The building contains a single commercial storefront, and a side (north) entry that gives access to the three bay wide second floor. The upper story features simple brick corbelling along the cornice and three regularly spaced one over one double hung wood sash and three regularly spaced one over one double hung wood sash windows capped by shouldered segmental arch lintels. Keystone mark the center of the arches. The windows rest on stone sills. Beneath the windows bricks laid at an angle create an unusual pattern for that location. The commercial storefront is one of only a few downtown that retains its cast iron pilasters and cross beam. This property is a contributing member of the Marshfield Central Avenue Historic District under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places. It is representative of the Architecture Theme of the Wisconsin Cultural Resource Management Plan as an example of Commercial Vernacular architecture with Italianate details. The building's architectural integrity on the second story is high, while the first story alterations are reflective of continued use and changing stylistic preferences. Built in 1887d after the devastating fire of June of that year, this building originally houased a store selling boots and shoes. At that time the address was 853 South Central Avenue/. From sometime between 1887 and 1891 through sometime after 1912 but before 1925, the building occupied by a saloon. In 1925 an unidentified store occupied the building. By 1946 a restauranmt had rplaced the store. The building's address from 1891 through 1946 was 3119 South Central Avenue. In 1946 it was changed to 139. This property is a contributing member of the Marshfield Central Avenue Historic District under Criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places. It is representative of the Commerce Theme of the Wisconsin Cultural Resource Management Plan as an example of a retail building providing goods and Services.

Date of construction: Sanborn maps A. Sanborn Insurance Maps: Marshfield, Wisconsin - 1884, 1887, 1891, 1898, 1904, 1912, 1925, 1946. B. Marshfield city Directories.

Marshfield Central Avenue Historic District

Nov 04, 1993

Jul 09, 1993

Yes