Property Record
113 N MADISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WRIGHT HOUSE HOTEL ANNEX |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 44840 |
| Location (Address): | 113 N MADISON ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Courthouse Square Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/7/2006 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/20/2006 |
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| Additional Information: | A SIMPLE BRICKWORK PATTERN AT THE CORNICE LINE AND SEGMENTAL ARCH OPENINGS LINKED BY A STRING COURSE CHARACTERIZE THIS SECTION OF THE WRIGHT HOUSE. ACCORDING TO THE SANBORN PERRIS MAP, THIS BUILDING WAS PART OF THE WRIGHT BLOCK NEXT DOOR. IT HAS A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION AND A FLAT ROOF. THIS 1883 BUILDING IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE SURVEY EVALUATION CRITERIA USED WAS ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING DATA. THE COMMERCIAL HISTORIC USES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: A HOTEL OCCUPIED IT FROM 1883 TO 1914 (A,B), AND A RETAIL STORE CONDUCTED BUSINESS THERE FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT (B,C). ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: THIS TWO-STORY SECTION OF THE ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT WRIGHT HOUSE IS IDENTIFIED BY A BRICKWORK PATTERN IDENTICAL TO THAT FOUND ON THE BUILDING'S THREE-STORY MAIN BLOCK. (THE OTHER SECTIONS OF THE BUILDING ARE SITES: 101 NORTH MADISON STREET, 8/2; AND 121-129 NORTH MADISON STREET, 42/15). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE SAMPLE ROOM AND HOTEL KITCHEN WERE LOCATED IN THIS PORTION OF THE HOTEL UNTIL 1914. (B,C). IN 1927, A STORE (UNDIFFERENTIATED) AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SHOP OCCUPIED THE GROUND STORY; THE DOOLITTLE HOSPITAL WAS LOCATED ABOVE. (THE DOOLITTLE HOSPITAL MOVED INTO THE BUILDING IN 1914). (B,C) THE WRIGHT HOUSE IS PICTURED IN LANCASTER'S SOUVENIR. (E) |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SURVEYOR'S ESTIMATE. B. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, NO CITATION, VERTICAL FILE, ARC, UW-PLATTEVILLE. C. 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. D. 1894 SANBORN PERRIS MAP. E. WATTON'S SOUVENIR OF LANCASTER, 1900, P. 9. 2005, Timothy F. Heggland. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Courthouse Square Historic District, Lancaster, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |