Property Record
111 W MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fred & Julius Schoechert Produce; J.B. Murphy |
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| Other Name: | Richards Agency, Inc. |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 77168 |
| Location (Address): | 111 W MAIN ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Additions: | 1984 |
| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | grocery |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/2/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | This building housed both a flour and feed/produce firm and later, a decorating store. Between 1872 and 1900, this building was the location for the F. and J. Schoechert produce/flour and feed store. After being a grocery for a period of time, it housed the J.B. Murphy decorating store, probably a paint and wallpaper store until at least 1930. This building has historical interest because it housed several retail firms between 1872 and at least 1930. While these firms do not have enough importance to make them historically significant, they contribute to the commercial significance of the Main Street Commercial Historic District. Exhibiting a rather plain cream brick facade with multipaned rectangular windows on the upper story, the Adolph Hunt building historically known as the Schoeckert Produce Store, built in the late 1850s apparently originally had a wide cornice at the top of the facade. The store front featuring multipaned windows and a recessed entrance in the west bay was added and the brick work repaired on the second story in 1984. A two-story concrete block addition is located at the rear of the building. An open exterior stairway to the second floor is placed on the west elevation between this building and the adjacent building at 119 W. Main St. The Schoeckert Produce Store is a commercial vernacular building exhibiting no particular historic ornament. Although this building is not architecturally significant, the Schoeckert building contributes to the historic architectural character of the proposed Main Street Historic District. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Tax Records, City of Watertown, 1860-1910, Area Research Center, Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. (B) Watertown Daily Times, March 10, 1984. (C) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |