Property Record
108 S STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Phillipson Ford |
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| Reference Number: | 66237 |
| Location (Address): | 108 S STATE ST |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Argyle |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 19922025 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
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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: | 2025; Phillipson Ford is a two-story vernacular-style commercial retail building constructed in 1915. The rectilinear footprint has a brick exterior and a front gable roof. The front façade has a raised pedimented parapet wall that terminates into brick piers. Decorative brick beltcoursing distinguishes each level. The fenestrations at the front façade have bilateral symmetry: the central garage bays at the lower level were converted into glass storefronts and infilled near the sides to make smaller entry doors. At the second level is a pair of large replacement glass block windows at the center, flanked by narrow replacement glass block windows articulated in a semi-circular brick arch. The sides of the building are organized into bays by brick piers. Windows at the first floor are primarily fixed windows with sixteen lights. One-over-one sashes are at the second floor. Few fenestrations have glass block infill. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic Argyle Wisconsin, “Early Settlement,” Historic Argyle Inc., Accessed March 18, 2025, https://www.historicargyle.org/overview.html#:~:text=The%20Argyle%20settlement%20began%20as,Argyll%20of%20his%20native%20Scotland. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |