Property Record
53-55 S BONSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY |
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| Reference Number: | 45813 |
| Location (Address): | 53-55 S BONSON ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS BRICK TWO STORY COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WITH A FLAT SLOPING ROOF HAS A BRICK CORNICE AND BRICK STRING COURSES SEPARATING THE VARIOUS LEVELS IN THE STRUCTURE, ELONGATED WINDOWS OVER PLAIN PLATE GLASS AND TWO ENTRANCES. SINCE 1983, THE CORNICE HAS BEEN COVERED OVER WITH A LATER MATERIAL. THE BUILDING WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1915 AND 1929. |
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| Bibliographic References: | SANBORN-PERRIS MAPS OF PLATTEVILLE, 1884, 1892, 1900, 1908, 1915, 1929, 1929(1938), 1929 (1947). ATLAS OF GRANT COUNTY, WI. MINNEAPOLIS: FOOTE & HENION, 1895. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PLATTEVILLE. MILWAUKEE: C. J. PAULI, PUBLISHER, 1896. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PLATTEVILLE. H. BROSIUS, 1875. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |