140 E MAPLE ST

140 E MAPLE ST

Grant

Lancaster

1864

2005

large retail building

Commercial Vernacular

Brick

No

THIS SIMPLE COMMERCIAL BLOCK IS IDENTIFIED MAINLY BY SEGMENTAL ARCH OPENINGS AND HIGHLIGHTED BY VOUSSOIRS. A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A FLAT ROOF, AND A BRICK EXTERIOR ARE OTHER FEATURES OF THIS TWO STORY RETAIL BUILDING. A SECOND STORY ADDITION WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1905 AND 1912. (B) THIS STRUCTURE WAS FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ITS HISTORIC COMMERCIAL USES WERE AS FOLLOWS: 140 E. MAPLE WAS THE LOCATION OF A BAKERY IN C. 1878 (C); A HARNESS SHOP FROM C. 1894 TO C. 1899; A MILLINERY IN C. 1905; AND A BARBERSHOP IN C. 1912. (D)

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
THIS BRICK STRUCTURE HAS HOUSED A VAREITY OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES. IN AN 1878 PHOTOGRAPH, A BAKERY OCCUPIED THE SMALLER STRUCTURE (140 E. MAPLE STREET), WHICH WAS UNTIL THE EARY TWENTIETH CENTURY A SINGLE-STORY EDIFICE. (C) THE SANBORN MAPS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY OF LANCASTER SHOW A BARBERSHOP AT 140 E. MAPLE STREET. (D).

A. CITY OF LANCASTER TAX ROLLS. THE BUILDING IS ALSO SHOWN ON AN 1878 PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDED IN AN ALBUM AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. B. IN THE 1878 PHOTO AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE BUILDING AT 140 E. MAPLE STREET (NOW CONTAINING A BARBERSHOP) WAS ONLY ONE STORY. ACCORDING TO THE SANBORN MAPS (1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927), A SECOND STORY WAS ADDED BETWEEN 1905 AND 1912. C. 1878 PHOTO ABAILABLE AT LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. D. 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS.. 2005, Timothy F. Heggland. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Courthouse Square Historic District, Lancaster, WI.

Courthouse Square Historic District

Apr 07, 2006

Jan 20, 2006

Yes