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Property Record

139 E MAIN ST

Historic Name:
J. Johnson Block
Other Name:
Diny's Jewelers
Reference Number:
93338

Property Location

Location (Address)
139 E MAIN ST
County
Dane
City/Village
Stoughton
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1889
Additions
Survey Date
1990,2013,2019
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Cream Brick
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
A 'site file' exists for this property. (Main Street Historic District) It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History.

August 2013: broken pediment awning removed from first story, new windows in second story, one second story window converted to door and cantilevered metal balcony added to facade

August 2019: Appearance unchanged.

"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
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)
National Register Listing Date
May 12, 1994
State Register Listing Date
Apr 23, 1993
Contributing
Yes
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