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801 E EXCHANGE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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801 E EXCHANGE ST

Architecture and History Inventory
801 E EXCHANGE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:LAUBE & DURNER WAGON AND CARRIAGE WORKS
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:67976
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):801 E EXCHANGE ST
County:Green
City:Brodhead
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1890
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:blacksmith shop
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Exchange Square Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/15/1984
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:This small (24 x 64 ft.) two story brick structure housed the blacksmith shop for Laube and Durner. The firm also had a storage shop and a two story wooden building in which the wood working and paint shops were located. The building's front facade is characterized by corbeling and other brick patterns and by second story segmental arch windows which are emphasized by a continuous brick string course. Mr. Sebastian (John) Laube initiated this wagon and carriage works enterprise in 1867. Somewhat later, Antone Durner joined Laube as a blacksmith. The firm's most notable employee was Al Ringling, who came to Brodhead in 1873 and found work in this shop. Ringling, even after achieving circus fame, continued to visit Brodhead, and purchased circus wagons from his former employers.
Bibliographic References:(A) The City of Brodhead. 1893, T.S. Sherwood. (B) 1887, 1893 Sanborn-Perris Maps. (C0 Brodhead Independent Register. Dec. 9, 1976.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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