Main Street Commercial Historic District (Platteville, Wisconsin)

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Main Street Commercial Historic District
Platteville, Wisconsin Main Street looking West.jpg
Main Street facing west
LocationRoughly bounded by Chestnut, Furnace, Bonson, Mineral, Oak, and Pine, Platteville, Wisconsin
Area12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built1848 (1848)
NRHP reference No. 90000377 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 9, 1990

The Main Street Commercial Historic District is located in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Description

The district includes the area of Platteville's early business districts on Second Street and Main, platted like an English village with narrow streets, narrow lots, and a village green. [2] Includes the 1847 Federal-styled Parnell Building (pictured), [3] the 1853 Hendershot Harness Shop, [4] the 1876 Italianate Kettler building, [5] the 1906 Italianate Wedige Saloon, [6] the 1906 Queen Anne Dr. Cunningham house, [7] the 1914 Tudor Revival Carnegie Library, [8] the 1924 Neoclassical First National Bank, [9] and the 1938 Art Deco Municipal Building. [10]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Rausch, Loan (October 21, 1997). "Main Street Commercial Historic District". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  3. "William Parnell Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  4. "Hendershot Harness Shop". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  5. "August J. Kettler Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  6. "George Wedige Saloon". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  7. "Dr. and Mrs. Wilson Cunningham House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  8. "Platteville Carnegie Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  9. "First National Bank". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  10. "Platteville Civic and Memorial Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved June 25, 2016.