128-36 W RIVER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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128-36 W RIVER ST

Architecture and History Inventory
128-36 W RIVER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Chippewa Valley Mercantile
Other Name:E. M. HALE CO.
Contributing:
Reference Number:3274
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):128-36 W RIVER ST
County:Chippewa
City:Chippewa Falls
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
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Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:industrial bldg/manufacturing facility
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Small projecting plain cornice with parapet; brick surface divided by full length brick pilasters with stone bases; windows filled in. #650: Willson Memorial Chapel (22-35). Although an important historic structure from the erarly 20th century in Chippewa Falls, the Willson Building, constructed in a very utilitarian manner, does not appear to be architectrually significant as an example of industrial or commercial building. Constructed in 1916 for the Chippewa Valley Mercantile Company, this building replaced an earlier Chippewa Valley Mercantile building which burned in 1915. (A) Chippewa Falls entrepreneur Leslie Willson established the Chippewa Valley Mercantile Company, a wholesale grocery house, in 1903. The original building was built in the site of the present building (A)(B). This building is historically important to t he City of Chippewa Falls as a representative of an early wholesale, commercial enterprise in Chippewa Falls.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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