Property Record
142 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | U.S. Post Office |
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| Reference Number: | 60088 |
| Location (Address): | 142 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| City: | Campbellsport |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 19742015 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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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: | Victorian style two story commercial building with a flat roof, brick exterior and fancy brickwork along cornice. The Odd Fellows Hall, constructed in 1915, is a two-story commercial vernacular building clad in red brick and rests on a concrete slab. The front (south) facade features a metal parapet with the initials IOOF and linked chain symbol of the International Order of Odd Fellows, flanked by a simple floral motif with brick corbeling below. The first floor facade has a recessed main entrance and has been either covered or replaced with brick. A concrete belt course separates the first and second stories. The second story is accessed from a door on the eastern side of the front facade. The first floor windows and doors have been downsized and filled with vinyl siding, and upper-story window openings on the front facade appear to have been downsized as well. Windows are replacement one-over-one, double-hung, vinyl sash. The building was constructed by the Wicker Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows to replace their earlier lodge hall, which was constructed c.1879 and burned in 1912. The lodge hall occupied the second floor of the new building and the ground floor functioned as a post office from 1917 to 1982. The Wicker Lodge sold the property in 1932 and the upper floor was converted to a residential unit and functioned as a veterinary office from 1977 to 1979. The property now functions as office space. Access to the building's interior was not available at the time of field survey. Constructed several decades after the founding of the Wicker Lodge, the building is not the first purpose-specific facility constructed by the lodge in Campbellsport and was built after the peak period in which fraternal organizations played a major role in Wisconsin society. The property is therefore not eligible under Criterion A: Social History. The building is a modest example of the commercial vernacular form and displays little architectural detail. Alterations to the facade, including downsized openings, replacement doors and windows, and replacement siding, have resulted in diminished integrity, and it is unlikely that the renovated upper floor retains the original layout of the lodge hall. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Plaque. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |