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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 183 E MAIN ST |
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| County | Dane |
| City/Village | Stoughton |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1889 |
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| Additions | |
| Survey Date | 1990,2013,2019 |
| Historic Use | large retail building |
| Architectural Style | Italianate |
| Structural System | |
| Wall Material | Brick |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
Locally designated landmark. August 2013: New storefront signboards and windows. August 2019: Altered appearance, replacement windows. "Constructed in 1889 after a fire destroyed a row of frame buildings on the site, these buildings were designed to be "as nearly alike as possible, thus giving the entire row a uniform appearance". Although each building was individually owned (note the owner's name in the date block of each section), local contractor George Becker superintended the construction of all the buildings. The result is a series of two-story cream and red brick buildings identical in their commercial Italianate detail. The uniform metal cornice with brackets, dentils, raised pediments, the decorative corbelled brick at the frieze, and the tall windows surmounted by stilted, segmental lintels with keystones visually ties the buildings together as one unit." Rebecca Sample Bernstein for the City of Stoughton Landmarks Commission and Downtown Revitalization Association, Historic Main Street: An Architectural & Historical Guide to Downtown Stoughton, 1991. |
| Bibliographic References | Historic name, date of construction: date block Rebecca Sample Bernstein for the City of Stoughton Landmarks Commission and Downtown Revitalization Association, Historic Main Street: An Architectural & Historical Guide to Downtown Stoughton, 1991. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Main Street Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) |
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| National Register Listing Date | May 12, 1994 |
| State Register Listing Date | Apr 23, 1993 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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