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11 E MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
11 E MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Byron Campbell Building
Other Name:HOWELL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:85231
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):11 E MAIN ST
County:Rock
City:Evansville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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Section:
Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1877
Additions:
Survey Date:2006
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Evansville Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/16/1978
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:THE SECOND STORY ORIGINALLY HOUSED THE MASONIC TEMPLE, AND THE EVANSVILLE POST OFFICE ONCE OCCUPIED THE FIRST FLOOR. MASONIC SYMBOLS ON THE FRONT FACADE WERE REMOVED.

"Evansville pioneer and early historian Byron Campbell had this building constructed. The Evansville post office once occupied the first floor, and the Masonic Temple the second. Masonic symbols on the front facade were removed, as can be seen by examination." Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville Walking Tour brochure, 2014.
Bibliographic References:Historical and Architectural Walking Tour of Evansville's Historic District, Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, 1992. MONTGOMERY, RUTH ANN. GLIMPSES OF THE GROVE. EVANSVILLE: 1989, P. 174. ADDRESS FILES. LEONARD P. EAGER LOCAL HISTORY ROOM, EAGER FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville Walking Tour brochure, 2014.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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