Property Record
413 OAK ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | J.B. Donovan & Co. Pharmacy |
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| Other Name: | Heritage Cablevision |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 94737 |
| Location (Address): | 413 OAK ST |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Baraboo |
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| Year Built: | 1922 |
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| Survey Date: | 19892014 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Downtown Baraboo Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/8/2015 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/15/2014 |
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| Additional Information: | In 1923, the Baraboo National Bank expanded and demolished the former site of the Orvis and Lang Drug Store fronting on Oak Street and 3rd Avenue. J.B. Donovan, who operated the drug store, constructed a new site for store beginning in 1921 and finishing work in 1922. The building is easily recognized by its curvilinear pediment, which caps the two story brick structure, with stone trim accenting the convex-concave configuration. A bay window on the second floor, with five Tudor style windows, and point arch entryways give a medieval or arts and crafts impression to the façade. Donovan retired in 1925, leaving the business to his partner Edward Deno. The E.C. Deno Pharmacy continued until it was purchased by H.C. Emery in 1932. From 1937 the store was known as the Mash Pharmacy and was purchased by Harold Thompson in 1940 and converted into a Walgreen Agency. 413 Oak Street remained a pharmacy up until the 1980s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City of Baraboo Directory records on file with the Sauk County Historical Society. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1885, 1892, 1898, 1904, 1913, and 1927. On file at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Ward, Joseph Wayne. Baraboo, 1850-2010, Vol. III: Chronology of the Growth of the Commercial & Retail Districts. Self-published, 2013. Wolter, Paul. ‘Downtown Pharmacies,’ presentation notes. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |