Property Record
112 E COOK
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | J.C. Penny |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 41210 |
| Location (Address): | 112 E COOK |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Portage Retail Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/27/1995 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/24/1994 |
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| Additional Information: | Metal siding above steel and glass store front. The Home Theater Company owned by Walter Judson, H.M. Comstock, and F.G. Avers erected the Home Theater building at 114 E. Cook in 1910-1911 (Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863 [1910]). Probably the first building erected as a movie theater in Portage, it was constructed of white enamel brick. The building contained a lobby and large auditorium with seating for 352 and a stage. It was redone in 1950 and replaced by the J.C. Penney building (112 E. Cook, 5731) in the 1960s. (Voshardt 1910: 22; Portage Public Schools 1948-51; Portage Daily Register 4/11/1950; 4/22/1972; Columbia County Historical Society 1982). The J.C. Penney building also replaced the building of William Windus, barber since 1892 through 1955 and Mack's Jewel Box (Daughtery 1898-1992; Protage Centenial Committee 1952). |
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| Bibliographic References: | The Home Theater Company owned by Walter Judson, H.M. Comstock, and F. G. Avers erected the Home Theater building at 114 E. Cook in 1910-1911 (Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- [1910]). Probably the first building erected as a movie theater in Portage, it was constructed of white enamel brick. The building contained a lobby and large auditorium with seating for 352 and a stage. It was redone in 1950 and replaced by the J.C. Penney building (112 E. Cook, 57/31) in the 1960s. (Voshardt 1910: 22; Protage public Schools 1948-51; Portage Daily Register 4/11/1950; 4/22/1972; Columbia County Historical Society 1982). The J.C. Penney building also replaced the building of William Windus, barber since 1892 through 1955 and Mack's Jewel Box (Daugherty 1898-1992; Portage Centennial Committee 1952). Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 1929: building identified as a movie theater and later replaced. Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- 1915-30: Home Theater Co. 1910: Sarah Arthur to Home Theater Co., no building on lot. J.C. Penney store built after 1949. Directories 1955 (114) Hometown Theater; also (110) Mack's Jewel Box and (112) Windus Barber Shop (Johnson Printing Co.) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |