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153 N LUDINGTON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

153 N LUDINGTON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
153 N LUDINGTON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:DERING'S COMMISSION STORE
Other Name:TOWN TAP
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:3494
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):153 N LUDINGTON ST
County:Columbia
City:Columbus
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1875
Additions:
Survey Date:19742021
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Columbus Downtown Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/5/1992
State Register Listing Date:1/22/1992
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS W/LINKED WINDOW HOODS, ELABORATE BRICK CORNICE. GUY DERING PURCHASED THIS COMMISSION STORE FROM W.C. LEACH IN 1908 AND RAN IT UNTIL 1921. Dering also owned grain elevators near the RR tracks and served as director of the Farmers & Merchants Union Bank for many years. -Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated.
Bibliographic References:DATESTONE. COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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