Main Street Historic District (Darlington, Wisconsin)

Main Street Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Main, Ann, Louisa and Wells Sts., Darlington, Wisconsin
Coordinates 42°40′46″N 90°07′04″W / 42.679444°N 90.117778°W / 42.679444; -90.117778Coordinates: 42°40′46″N 90°07′04″W / 42.679444°N 90.117778°W / 42.679444; -90.117778
Area 8 hectares (20 acres)
Architect Frank Riley, Lewis Siberz
Architectural style Italianate, other
NRHP reference # 94001210[1]
Added to NRHP October 7, 1994

The Main Street Historic District in Darlington, Wisconsin is roughly bounded by Main, Ann, Louisa and Wells Streets. It was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It included 40 contributing buildings on 8 hectares (20 acres).[1]

It includes Darlington's old downtown, including the 1860 J.B. Cutting Livery Stable,[2] the 1879 Italianate-styled Schreiter Building,[3] the 1883 Romanesque Revival Driver's Store and Opera House,[4] the 1896 Queen Anne Miller and Fardy Dry Goods Store,[5] the 1911 Neoclassical Odd Fellows Hall,[6] the 1919 Commercial Vernacular Hotel Olson,[7] and the 1930 Moderne-style Iowa Oil Co. & Filling Station.[8][9]

The First National Bank building was probably designed by an architect. But the Citizens National Bank (1885), at 330 Main Street, is the only building known specifically to have been architect-designed: its new facade in 1928 was designed by Madison, Wisconsin architects Frank Riley and Lewis Siberz. According to the NRHP nomination, the building's facade has monumental fluted Doric pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment "enriched with a large medallion", and overall "recalls a Greek temple front."[9]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "J.B. Cutting Livery Stable". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  3. ↑ "David Schreiter Store". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  4. ↑ "Driver's Store and Opera House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  5. ↑ "Miller and Fardy Dry Goods". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Odd Fellows Hall". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Hotel Olson". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  8. ↑ "Iowa Oil Co.& Filling Station". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  9. 1 2 Elizabeth L. Miller (1994-03-24). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Main Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-04-09. With 20 photos.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.