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131 N MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
131 N MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ALBERT WINSLOW GROCERY
Other Name:FORT REMINDER
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:6730
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):131 N MAIN ST
County:Jefferson
City:Fort Atkinson
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1857
Additions: 1964
Survey Date:19832019
Historic Use:small 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 building with fancy metal lintels over windows. Side facade original with stone lintels over double-hung windows; 6-over-6 sash on rear facade. Even though most of the windows have been boarded up and altered, the three-story corner structure is a visual landmark in the district and the metal lintels are exceptionally well-detailed.

The Good Templar Lodge met in Winslow's Hall on the 3rd floor. This building was a grocery store for most of its history. Winslow's brother was one of the earliest medical men in Fort Atkinson and had his office in this building. Lucien Caswell also had an office in this building in the late 1850s and early 1860s and started the first bank in town, the Koshkonong Bank, on the second floor of this building.

by 2019 - replacement windows in previously boarded up window openings, and metal lintels removed on second story of primary elevation.
Bibliographic References:(A) Aetna Insurance Policies 86, 91, 148. (B) J.C. Union 3/23/1888. (C) Building Permit. (D) Picturesque Personalities, v. III, p. 79.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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