Property Record
251 S KNOWLES AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WILLIAMS BROTHERS CLOTHIERS |
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| Other Name: | COVET |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 47574 |
| Location (Address): | 251 S KNOWLES AVE |
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| County: | St. Croix |
| City: | New Richmond |
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| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Survey Date: | 19832018 |
| 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: | New Richmond Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/22/2022 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 5/20/2022 |
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| Additional Information: | This 2 story commercial building has stone and metal exterior fabric. The roof is flat and there is a rear addition. Plate glass is on the 1st story and the entry is stepped back. Alterations have destroyed the original integrity of this structure to the point where it has no architectural significance. An 1878 photo shows this site and the one south of it (SC 24-24), as being part of Bixby and Williams general Store (Ward S. Williams and Samuel Bixty-E) (See SC 20-13). It was a one story stone building with a bracketed cornice and pediment on top. An awning and some corbel brickwork and quoins are on the facade. It was destroyed in the cyclone and rebuilt as a one story brick building with slate roof. In 1900 it was the site of a clothing and furnishing store. Both Harry Williams and Tom McNally had clothes stores here. In 1912 a clothing and boot and shoes store was here. The roof was composite in 1927. Kruegers grocery was here in 1947, if not before. An early 1950's photo shows a brick facade with no cornice and plate glass windows. The entry was stepp[ed back under a canvas awning. The development of this building has no special historical significance a parallels the development of the rest of the business area. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Letter Ruth Hicks Christoferson, 1968. at Friday Memorial Library. B. 100+5 Edition of "The News" C. Sanborn maps, 1887, 1892, 1900, 1912, 1927. D. Anna Epley - A Modern Herculaneum, 1900. E. Wisconsin State Gazateer 1985-6. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |