512-514 BROADWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

512-514 BROADWAY

Architecture and History Inventory
512-514 BROADWAY | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:JAMES W. SMITH MEAT MARKET AND POST OFFICE
Other Name:BEMIS HOME AND GARDEN FACTORY DIRECT STORE
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:30020
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):512-514 BROADWAY
County:Sheboygan
City:Sheboygan Falls
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1880
Additions:
Survey Date:2002
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Downtown Historic District
National Register Listing Date:12/27/1984
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Became the Rosemary Miley-Bemis outlet in 1978. Previously surveyed in 1975. "Built in 1880, it was a retail meat market, a meat processing business and a cattle buying and shipping business which ran as high as four carloads per week. The other half was used as the town post office, one of the most convenient in the state north of Milwaukee." Discovering Historic Sheboygan Falls Walking Tour, not dated.
Bibliographic References:SHEBOYGAN FALLS NEWS 8/2/1995. Take a Walk on Main Street: Historic Walking Tours in Wisconsin's Main Street Communities, Wisconsin Main Street Program, 1998. Discovering Historic Sheboygan Falls Walking Tour, not dated.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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