Property Record
1420 W COLLEGE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Kelms Cut Stone Co. |
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| Other Name: | Kies Cut Stone Co. |
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| Reference Number: | 74073 |
| Location (Address): | 1420 W COLLEGE AVE |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 1981 |
| Historic Use: | industrial bldg/manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Photo codes: OUT:FRV 5/17-20. See HAER form. Three of the photos depict three different buildings; 4th photo depicts machinery. Unsure which photo code goes with which photo. Kies Cut Stone Co. has two main buildings. Building #1 is presently (06/1981) used for offices. this building is 60 x 40 feet. It is a wood frame building, one story, with a gabled roof, cedar shake wooden shingles, with a concrete block, metal and wooden pillar foundation. The floor plan is rectangular. Building #2 is the stone cutting building. It is two stories, with gabled roof, concrete block foundation, wood frame and wood exterior walls. It also has a rectangular floor plan. This building has two small additions on the grounds. The Kies Cut Stone Co. is presently (06/1981) owned and operated by Ed Kies. Ed and his father, John Kies, use to run the business until John passed away. The Kies family has been in the stone cutting business long before the business in Appleton. Ed Kies' grandfather ran a stone cutting business in Germany. When he came to the U.S. he bought the business from Oscar Helms in 1937, who originally built the business shortly after WWI. Ed Kies bought the business from his father. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |