96-98 S MAIN ST, NW CNR OF S MAIN AND WATER STS | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

96-98 S MAIN ST, NW CNR OF S MAIN AND WATER STS

Architecture and History Inventory
96-98 S MAIN ST, NW CNR OF S MAIN AND WATER STS | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:DR. BICKNELL; ED HAUSEN'S BARBERSHOP; T. NOTBAUM'S
Other Name:Bicknell-Gebhardt Building; Como Photo, Thorp Finance
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:6725
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):96-98 S MAIN ST, NW CNR OF S MAIN AND WATER STS
County:Jefferson
City:Fort Atkinson
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1888
Additions: 1963
Survey Date:19832019
Historic Use:large retail building
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Cream Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Main Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/7/1984
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Three-story cream brick load-bearing Victorian building with somewhat altered first floor, although basic window configuration remains the same. Elaborately decorated arched windows on front and sides with keystones, original cornice. The south side features decorative arches on the second and third floor windows, and somewhat altered storefronts within original storefront fenestration. Bracketed cornice.

Originally, Dr. Bicknell's office was on the second floor, Ed Hausen's barbershop in the corner, W.D. Powell boots and shoes to the north and Theodore Notbaum's harness shop in the rear. Gebhardt ran his hardware store here from 1926 to 1971. The barbershop was a hat shop 1925-1961.

2019 - replacement windows on primary elevation .
Bibliographic References:(A) Building facade. (B) Sanborn-Perris Maps. (C) J.C. Union Centennial Ed. (D) C. Rogers, "Reminiscences...", art. #343, p. 6.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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