Property Record
12-20 N 3RD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Commercial Block |
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| Other Name: | D.C. Bikes/Latitude 45 |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 49701 |
| Location (Address): | 12-20 N 3RD AVE |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | Sturgeon Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Additions: | 1904 |
| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Third Avenue Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/6/1983 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| Additional Information: | The pressed metal cornice and the ornate detailing of the lintels and central oriel window are of interest in this double commercial block that is otherwise quite plainly detailed. Both storefronts, however, have been substantially modified with each capped by a variation of shake-clad canopy. This building is similar in detail to the building to the north and is of interest as a contributing element within an intact blockface. Both 12-20 and 22-30 N. Third were probably constructed at the same time and by the same builder. There is a masonry joint at the party wall separating the two structures but there is none dividing the bays within each half of what may, originally, have been a four-unit commercial block. Previously surveyed in 1982, updated photo in 2005. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn-Perris maps |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |