Property Record
215 W THOMAS ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FIRE STATION #4 |
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| Other Name: | LARSON OFFICE EQUIPMENT |
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| Reference Number: | 29246 |
| Location (Address): | 215 W THOMAS ST |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | Wausau |
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| Year Built: | 1911 |
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| Survey Date: | 2007 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Roundhead windows; bracketed eaves; first story was converted for retail use. Only extant early fire station. Fire Station No. 4 occupied this building until 1962. Previously surveyed in 1983. Since then, the building was covered in aluminum siding, the windows were replaced and the window openings were reduced. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) "Fire Department History," 1937, typed manuscript. (B) FRIENDS OF WAUSAU HISTORIC LANDMARKS NEWSLETTER, JULY-AUGUST 1994, P. 6. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |