Property Record
Pinecrest Historical Village (AKA 713 FRANKLIN ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RANK DRESSMAKER'S SHOP |
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| Other Name: | WORTHINGTON REALTY OFFICE |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28643 |
| Location (Address): | Pinecrest Historical Village (AKA 713 FRANKLIN ST) |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Manitowoc |
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| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Eighth Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/17/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. TO BE MOVED TO THE PINECREST HISTORICAL VILLAGE. MRS. FRANCES RANK WAS A SEAMSTRESS. THE BUILDING HOUSED A PLUMBING BUSINESS FROM 1908-1969 WHEN IT BECAME A REALTY OFFICE. THE BUILDING HAS 2 LATER REAR ADDITIONS. A simple one story frame commercial building in the boomtown style. It is plain in ornamentation other than a row of dentils at the cornice. The first floor store front is intact. This is the best example of a small, intact store front of the boomtown style in the Eighth Street District. This small one-story building (c.1897s) with a boom-town facade was donated by the Capitol Civic Centre and moved to Pinecrest Historical Village in 1994. The building was restored at the outdoor interpretive museum operated by the Manitowoc County Historical Society and opened for public viewing in 1998. The former building site is now a downtown parking lot. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL WALKING TOUR OF DOWNTOWN MANITOWOC, MANITOWOC COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1988. A. Manitowoc City Directories, 1897. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |