Property Record
28 MILWAUKEE AVE, W
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | W.D. Hoard Publishing Co. |
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| Other Name: | W.D. Hoard & Sons Publishing Co. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 74631 |
| Location (Address): | 28 MILWAUKEE AVE, W |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Fort Atkinson |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Additions: | 1973 |
| Survey Date: | 19832019 |
| Historic Use: | small office building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | George Ferry, Milwaukee; Waterman |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/7/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | One-story cream brick load-bearing Neo-Classical Revival building with round-arched entrance, classical cornice and paired double-hung windows. Large addition to the east (1973), for which 3 buildings on Main St. were demolished. Hoard's Dairyman, founded in 1885 and published here since 1908, is the leading international journal of dairying. For more information, see 234 S. Main St. 2019 - Resurveyed - appearance unchanged. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Hoard Co. records and corporate minute books. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |