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100 S 2ND ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

100 S 2ND ST

Architecture and History Inventory
100 S 2ND ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:KITTLESON & COMPANY HARDWARE STORE
Other Name:Mount Horeb Area Museum
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Reference Number:5674
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):100 S 2ND ST
County:Dane
City:Mount Horeb
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1889
Additions: 1946 2017
Survey Date:19962017
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Boomtown
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Clapboard
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Large addition appended to south end of building; no longer a part of the proposed Main Street Historic District. 1986- "This restored frame Boomtown Front commercial building was built to house the Kittleson and Company hardware store and continued to be a hardware store for 90 years. In 1996 it became the Mount Horeb Historical Society Museum." "Mount Horeb Wisconsin: Historic Downtown Self-Guided Walking Tour", pamphlet, Mount Horeb Landmarks Foundation, 1986.
Bibliographic References:CAPITAL TIMES 7/29/1996. FOREST JOHNSON, MT. HOREB CENTENNIAL BOOK. Mount Horeb Mail 1/27/2000. Wisconsin State Journal 10/14/2001. Mount Horeb Mail 11/8/2001. Miller, Elizabeth L. Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: An Intensive Survey of the Historic Resources of the Commercially-Zoned Downtown. Mount Horeb: Mount Horeb Chamber of Commerce, 1997.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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