Property Record
109 E DIVISION ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DODGEVILLE MOTOR CAR COMPANY |
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| Other Name: | TRAILER COMPANY |
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| Reference Number: | 47860 |
| Location (Address): | 109 E DIVISION ST |
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| County: | Iowa |
| City: | Dodgeville |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | 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 LONG, ONE-STORY AUTO SHOWROOM FEATURES IN ITS DESIGN STONE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND A STONE-CAPPED PARAPET. MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL FIRST FLOOR OPENINGS HAVE BEEN EITHER COVERED WITH BOARDS, OR OTHERWISE ALTERED. THE C. 1927 BUILDING IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. (SEE BIB. REF. A). CARS WERE DISPLAYED AND SOLD IN THIS SHOWROOM FROM 1927 TO AT LEAST 1933. (SEE BIB. REF. A). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE DODGEVILLE MOTOR CAR COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED BY J. H. FORD, OWNER OF THE FORD HARDWARE STORE (326 N. IOWA STREET, 50/15) IN 1908. IN 1914, HE TURNED OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AUTOMOBILE OPERATION TO FRANK C. BERRYMAN, A CLERK IN HIS IOWA STREET STORE. AFTER OPENING IN A SMALL FRAME BUILDING, THE COMPANY WAS, IN 1927, RELOCATED IN THIS LARGE BRICK STRUCTURE WHICH ACCOMMODATED THE SALES AND SERVICE OF STUDEBAKERS, HUDSONS, DODGES, PLYMOUTHS, NASHES, AND OLDSMOBILES. (SEE BIB. REF. A). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. SCRAP BOOK, "ALONG MAIN STREET," DODGEVILLE CHRONICLE ARTICLES, 1933, IOWA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. B. THE EAST ADDITION IS NOT SHOWN IN THE 1933 PHOTOGRAPH. (SEE ABOVE). "Architecture/History Survey of State Trunk Highway (STH) 191 from Iowa Street to Diamond Oaks Drive, Dodgeville, Iowa County, WI. May 2014. WHS Project #15-0499, Prepared by Mead & Hunt, Inc." |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |