Property Record
601 LAKE SHORE DR W
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Pittsburgh & Ashland Coal and Dock Company Office |
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| Other Name: | C REISS COAL CO |
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| Reference Number: | 710 |
| Location (Address): | 601 LAKE SHORE DR W |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822016 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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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: | 1982: Symmetrical red brick one story office building featureing tall end stuccoed gables with wall dormer/gable over front entry. Original windows intact. 2016: Windows replaced; currently serves as the chiropractic office of the Hyopponen Family. 2017 report information: Rising one story from a concrete foundation, this side-gabled structure is sheathed with brick and topped with a steeply pitched roof covered with asphalt shingles. Gabled ends of the roof are covered with stucco-like panels and a chimney rises from the rear slope of the roofline. Along the building’s primary (south) entrance elevation, a gabled wall dormer breaks the roofline and an overhanging roof shelters the central doorway. Rectangular windows with header brick sills are located to either side of the door, while modern signage extends above the entrance. Additional entrances are located along the building’s west and north (rear) elevations. Windows throughout the building are regularly placed and include replacement sash or glass block. This structure was built in 1931 as the office of the Pittsburgh & Ashland Coal & Dock Company. The first cargo of coal was received in Ashland in 1886, with two coal docks having been established by no later than 1890; one by Columbus & Hocking (at the foot of N. 12th Avenue East) and the other by the Ohio Coal Company (at the foot of Ellis Avenue). The Pittsburgh & Ashland concern developed from the Pittsburgh Coal Company, which was preceded by the purchase of Jones & Adams, the lattermost firm of which was established in Ashland in 1898. City directories indicate that P & A established itself at 601 W. Front Street (present-day Lake Shore Drive West) by no later than 1909 and advertised itself as a wholesale and retail distributor of anthracite and bituminous coal. At the time of the office’s 1931 construction, the dock superintendent was Francis M. Hogan. Shortly thereafter, P & A’s dock was taken over by the C. Reiss Coal Company and became Dock #2. As of 2000, the dock was still maintained by the Reiss firm; however, the office building was utilized as a gift shop, Today the building serves the community as Hyopponen Family Chiropractic. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Citations for 2017 report information below: There are two permits for the building, both taken out in 1931; it is the second one, dated 5 October 1931, that is presumably the correct one, est. cost, $3,000 (the other is dated 10 September 1931 and estimated to cost $5,000); “Buys Coal Company,” The Ashland Daily Press, 28 February 1905, 1; Ashland City Directory, 1907, 1909; Sanborn-Perris Fire Insurance Map of Ashland, Wis., 1909, 1923, 1923 (with updates to 1936). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |