Property Record
40-44 N 3RD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Francis X. Sailer Furniture Store |
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| Other Name: | Propsom's Junior Togs/3rd Avenue Shoe |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 49712 |
| Location (Address): | 40-44 N 3RD AVE |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | Sturgeon Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1881 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Concrete Block |
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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 |
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| Additional Information: | This double commercial block is of interest in that the second story is clad with large concrete blocks or panels. The cornice is ornately detailed with paired brackets and is of wood. The storefront, however, has been substantially remodeled thus seriously compromising the original architectural integrity of this older downtown building. It does, however, contribute to the architectural significance of the District as the only example of this type of concrete material in the District. This concrete block may be of local manufacture. See 23 N. Fifth an another example. Little is known about the manufacturer--a Captain Kirtland--who was in business in Sturgeon Bay in 1881 and 1882. Notes from Stanley Green, 10/82: The Francis X. Sailer Block, a two story frame building replacing a frame structure housing the "Island City Furniture Store," was built in 1880/1881 and veneered with a new product called "artificial stone." One side of the building housed a saloon and the other a combined furniture and undertaking business which boasted the first hearse to be used in Door County. Previously surveyed in 1982/updated card/photo in 2005. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn Perris Maps of Sturgeon Bay, 1885. B. Kahlert, Early Door County Buildings, p. 188. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |