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223 W MAIN ST

Historic Name:
Patrick Beggan Building

Other Name:
Grinwald Building

Reference Number:
77365

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Property Location

Location (Address)

223 W MAIN ST

County

Jefferson

City/Village

Watertown

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1868

Additions

Survey Date

1986

Historic Use

small retail building

Architectural Style

Commercial Vernacular

Structural System

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

0

Additional Comments

This building was built around 1868 by Patrick Beggan. Between 1885 and 1930, it was a grocery and/or meat market under numerous owners. This building has some historical interest because it housed several grocery stores and meat markets. None of the businesses are individually significant, but as a whole the building contributes to the commercial development of the entire Main Street Commercial Historic District. Built in the 1860s on a corner lot, the Patrick Beggan building is a large three and a half story commercial block constructed of cream brick. Three bays wide, the Beggan building presently known as the Grinwald building features a raised brick cornice ornamented by a row of dentils above the half windows or frieze windows located on the facade. The cornice and frieze along with the brick molding along the lower edge of the frieze extends along the west side elevation. Plain rectangular windows topped by flat stone lintels further characterize the front and side elevations. Iron balconies are situated below the 2nd and 3rd windows on the south end of the west side elevation. A plain cornice extends across the top of the storefront; however the rest of the storefront has been completely altered by sandblasting and a metal extension has been added, extending above the cornice at the top of the building. A one-story brick and concrete block flat-roofed addition is located at the rear. The Patrick Beggan building is a commercial vernacular building ornamented only by a raised brick cornice. Although this builidng is not architecturally significant, the Beggan building contributes to the historic architectural character of the proposed Main Street Historic District.

Bibliographic References

(A) Tax Records, City of Watertown, 1860-1910, Area Research Center, Library, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. (B) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Main Street Commercial Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Jun 02, 1989

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

Yes

small retail building Commercial Vernacular

Jefferson
County

Watertown
Community

1860-1869
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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