Property Record
704 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BANK OF GENEVA/Seymour Block |
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| Other Name: | Keefe's Real Estate |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 57974 |
| Location (Address): | 704 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Walworth |
| City: | Lake Geneva |
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| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Additions: | 1907 |
| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | bank/financial institution |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/11/2002 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/20/2001 |
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| Additional Information: | "Circa 1848. Italianate Commercial. Site of the first bank in the interior of the State of Wisconsin." A Walking Tour of Olde Lake Geneva Towne, The Lake Geneva Plaque and Walking Tour Commission, 1993. "This building housed one of the first banks in Wisconsin." A Walking Tour of Lake Geneva, WI, Lake Geneva Historic Preservation Commission, 2015. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HECKETT, P. 17. SIMMONS, P. 52. DERTHICK, P. 737. "Richardson's Bank Insolvent," Newspaper Clipping, Jan. 1892, in Susan Kinne Storik Scrapbook, p.14. Lake Geneva Public Library, Local History. A Walking Tour of Olde Lake Geneva Towne by the Lake Geneva Plaque and Walking Tour Commission, Spring 1993. A Walking Tour of Lake Geneva, WI, Lake Geneva Historic Preservation Commission, 2015. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |