Property Record
2 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CLINTONVILLE POST OFFICE |
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| Other Name: | U.S. POST OFFICE |
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| Reference Number: | 63281 |
| Location (Address): | 2 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Waupaca |
| City: | Clintonville |
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| Year Built: | 1935 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | post office |
| Architectural Style: | Art/Streamline Moderne |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | LOUIS SIMON; GEORGE O. VANNERTA |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Clintonville Post Office |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/24/2000 |
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| 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. THE PHOTO CODES 18/13-25 ARE PREFIXED BY THE LETTERS "PO." THE BUILDING IS A RESTRAINED EXAMPLE OF THE ART MODERNE STYLE. THE PLAN IS T-SHAPED (RECTANGULAR) WITH THE PUBLIC LOBBY/ENTRANCE ON THE MAIN STREET FACE. THE ELEVATION IS ORGANIZED SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE ENTRY DOORS AND SIDE LIGHTS. THE ENTRY IS PULLED OUT FROM THE FACE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING. THE STRUCTURE IS BUILT OF BROWN BRICK ON A TERRA COTTA BASE. THE STRUCTURE, WHOSE WALLS RISE ONE STORY, IS CAPPED BY A FLAT ROOF. THE ENTRY IS TRIMMED WITH TERRA COTTA INCLUDING A PANEL OVER THE DOORS ENGRAVED WITH "UNITED STATES POST OFFICE, CLINTONVILLE, WI." THE BALANCE OF THE BUILDING TRIM IS ALSO TERRA COTTA. THE ENTRY STAIRS ARE CONCRETE. THE BUILDING CORNERSTONE NOTES: "HENRY MORGENTHAU, JAMES A. FARLEY, POSTMASTER GENERAL, LOUIS A. SIMON, SUPERVISING ARCHITECT, GEORGE O. VON NTRTA, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, 1935." THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING HAS A TILE FLOOR AND WAINSCOT THAT IS ORIGINAL. THE WALLS ARE PLASTER AND THE CEILING IS A NEW ACOUSTACAL TILE. THE ORIGINAL WOOD TRIM AND VESTIBULE REMAIN. THE BUILDING, WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION, IS LOCATED ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS DISTRICT. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE: THE CLINTONVILLE POST OFFICE IS AN INTACT EXAMPLE OF A SMALL POST OFFICE WHICH HAS RETAINED ITS INTEGRITY. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THIS BUILDING, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED IN JUNE OF 1936, IS THE FIRST FEDERALLY-OWNED POST OFFICE IN CLINTONVILLE. PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF THIS BUILIDNG, POSTAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS SELECTED BY A SERIES OF LOCAL POSTMASERS. POSTAL SERVICE IN CLINTONVILLE DATES FROM 1852, AND THE FIRST POSTMASTER WAS U.P. CLINTON. (SEE BIB. REF. B, C). THE POST OFFICE WAS ONE OF SEVERAL CONSTRUCTED IN WISCONSIN BY THE FEDERAL PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION IN THE 1930S. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. DATE OF CONSTRUCTION: BUILDING CORNERSTONE. B. DIEDRICH, NICHOLAS D. AND JOHN BRITTEN GEHL, "HISTORY OF CLINTONVILLE, WISCONSIN," 1937, N.P. C. WARE, JOHN M., "A STANDARD HISTORY OF WAUPACA COUNTY, WISCONSIN," CHICAGO, 1917, P. 292. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |