Property Record
105 W MAPLE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | THOMAS MCDONALD BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | WALKER'S CLOTHING & SHOES |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 45027 |
| Location (Address): | 105 W MAPLE ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Additions: | 1963 |
| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| 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: | THIS TWO STORY BANK HAS A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION WITH A CONTEMPORARY STYLE, A FLAT ROOF, AND A BRICK AND MARBLE EXTERIOR. THE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN HEAVILY ALTERED; IT WAS MODERNIZED IN 1963. THIS BUILDING WAS FOUND TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL USES OF THIS BUILDING INCLUDE A BANK WHICH CONDUCTED BUSINESS FROM 1888 TO THE PRESENT DAY (1983), AND A RETAIL STORE WHICH OPERATED FROM 1888 TO C.1965. (A,C). THE BUILDING'S SITE TYPE WAS LISTED AS A BANK. THE ORIGINAL BUILDER OF THE STRUCTURE WAS HENRY MUESSE. (E). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE UNION BANK AND TRUST BUILDING IS THE COMBINATION OF TWO STRUCTURES ERECTED IN 1888 AFTER THE FIRE THAT INGULFED THE EAST HALF OF THE BLOCK. THE McDONALD BLOCK, WHICH ORIGINALLY HOUSED THE MEYER-SHOALTER BANK, THE SUCCESSOR TO GEORGE RYLAND'S BANKING ESTABLISHMENT (102 S. MADISON STREET, 42/17), FORMS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CURRENT STRUCTURE. THE ITALIANATE STYLE MEYER-SHOWALTER BANK LATER BECAME THE UNION STATE BANK (1903) AND THEN THE UNION BANK AND TRUST. THE McDONALD BLOCK ALSO INCLUDED ANOTHER STORE AREA OCCUPIED VARIOUSLY BY A DRY GOODS STORE, A BOOTS AND SHOES ESTABLISHMENT (SEE SOUVENIR), A JEWELRY STORE, AND AN OFFICE. (C) TO THE WEST AT 107-109 W. MAPLE ST., WAS A SMALLER COMMERCIAL VERNACULAR FORM BUILDING, THE W. P. & JOHN STONE BUILDING, WHICH WAS ALSO BUILT IN 1888 ATER THE FIRE AND WHICH WAS ALSO CLAD IN BRICK. THIS BUILDING HOUSED A BARBER SHOP AND MILLINERY STORE. (C) THE BUILDINGS WERE REMODELLED IN 1963 AND THE TWO SEPARATE FACADES OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDINGS WERE BOTH REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH THE CURRENT CONTEMPORARY STYLE FACADE. (NOTE: THE UNION STATE BANK IS LISTED IN GORDON ORR'S ARTICLE AS A POSSIBLE DESIGN OF THE CLAUDE & STARCK ARCHITECTURAL FRIM. (D) THIS APPEARS NOT TO BE THE CASE, ALTHOUGH THE MADISON ARCHITECTS MAY HAVE PREPARED A DESIGN FOR THE BANK). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. WATTON'S SOUVENIR OF LANCASTER, 1900, P. 20. B. CITY OF LANCASTER TAX ROLLS. C. 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. D. GORDON D. ORR, "LOUIS W. CLAUDE: MADISON ARCHITECT OF THE PRAIRIE SCHOOL," PRAIRIE SCHOOL REVIEW 14 (1981): 32. E. COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF ROCK, GREEN, GRANT, IOWA, AND LAFAYETTE, WISCONSIN (CHICAGO: J.H. BEERS & CO., 1901), P. 660. F. GRANT COUNTY TELLER: SEPTEMBER 13,1888, P. 5 AND OCTOBER 11, 1888, P. 5. 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 |