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Main Street Commercial Historic District (Platteville, Wisconsin)

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Main Street Commercial Historic District
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

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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]

References

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  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.