Property Record
114 E CENTRAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lock Factory; Chippewa Hosiery Co.; Lueck's Cycle |
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| Reference Number: | 3189 |
| Location (Address): | 114 E CENTRAL ST |
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| County: | Chippewa |
| City: | Chippewa Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Sandstone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Built ca. 1903-1910. Multi-paned long rectangular windows; east service door; exposed foundation at rear and west side. Construction similar to 206 E. Central (18-27). RUSTICATED SANDSTONE. Exhibiting the Classic vernacular rectangular shape with flat roof, simple rectangular windows and no historic ornament, this structure, used for a lock factory in the first decade of the 20th century, (A) features a similar method of construction to the other structures built by William Lister during the same period such as the apartment house at 206 E. Central (CH18-27) (A). The former lock factory also used by a Hosiery Jobbing Company (A) in the early 20th century, is architecturally significant as a well-preserved representative of a small industrial building and as a representative of earlier stone construction as well. Built sometime between 1903 and 1910, this building was a lock factory in 1910 (A). The 1924 Sanborn Insurance Map describes the factory as a motor cycle repair shop (D). In 1929 the factory manufactured hosiery (C). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn Insurance Map, City of Chippewa Falls, 1903. (B) Sanborn Insurance Map, City of Chippewa Falls, 1910. (C) Wright's Chippewa Falls City Directory, 1929,p. 232. (D) Sanborn Insurance Map, City of Chippewa Falls, 1924. (E) Joe Joas, Chippewa Falls, interview with the author, June 8, 1985. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |