Property Record
303 W WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Michael Tierney General Store |
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| Other Name: | Shullsburg Veterinary Service |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 80776 |
| Location (Address): | 303 W WATER ST |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Shullsburg |
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| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Water Street Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/28/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/23/1990 |
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| Additional Information: | A brick two story structure with a flat sloping roof that has a parapet decorated as a cornice. Simple non-decorative bands run across the cornice and above the recessed area, which has a pattern or projecting brick in the center, located above the store front. The store front has been filled in for contemporary use. Although Shullsbugr's residents claim this building to be as early as the 1850s, the age of the building remains questionable. This building is associated with the commercial development of Shullsburg. Michael Tierney ran a general store in the village for about 50 years, from the 1850s to about 1900. This building may have been built in the 1880s, when Shullsburg experienced a period of economic prosperity. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Seq. History of Shullsburg, 1827-1977 (Shullsburg, WI: Badger Historical Soc., 1977), p. 64. (B) Shullsburg Plat Map Directory, 1874. (C) Pick and Gad Newspaper, 1884-86. (D) Wisconsin State Gazetteer. (E) C.W. Butterfield, History of Lafayatte County, 1881, p. 579, 741. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |