Property Record
151 E MAPLE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JONATHAN PHILLIPS BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | CRAIG R. DAY, ATTORNEY/JEFF W. ERICKSON, ATTORNEY |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 45001 |
| Location (Address): | 151 E MAPLE ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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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: | ELABORATE DETAILING - BRACKETED METAL CORNICES AND METAL WINDOW HOODS - DISTINGUISH THIS COMMERCIAL BLOCK. OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TWO STORY BUILDING ARE A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A FLAT ROOF, STONE SILLS AND A BRICK EXTERIOR. THE BUILDING WAS FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL USES FOR THIS BLOCK INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 151 E. MAPLE STREET WAS THE LOCATION FOR A LUNCHROOM/SALOON (C. 1894 TO C. 1912), AND A DRY CLEANING/HARNESS SHOP (C. 1927). (B) PRESENT DAY (1983) TENNANT IS McNAMARA REAL ESTATE. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THIS ITALIANATE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE HAS HOUSED A VARIETY OF BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS. A LUNCH ROOM AND SALOON OCCUPIED THE BUILDING AT 151 EAST MAPLE STREET FROM C. 1894 TO C. 1912. A DRY CLEANING BUSINESS AND A HARNESS SHOP FOLLOWED IN C. 1927. (B) 2005- The main facade of the building faces north onto E. Maple St. and its first story originally consisted of two storefronts, both of which have now lost all their original features. The second story, however, is still highly intact and it is five-bays-wide and is crowned with an elaborate and highly intact bracketed metal cornice. Each of the five bays contains a single window opening that has a dressed stone sill and an elaborately carved stone or possibly metal head. Each opening also contains its original two-over-two-light double hung wood sash window. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. CITY OF LANCASTER TAX ROLLS. B. 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. 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 |