The Monroe Commercial District in Monroe, Wisconsin is a 31.2 acres (12.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
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| Location | Roughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Sts., Monroe, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 42°36′04″N 89°38′24″W / 42.601111°N 89.64°W |
| Area | 31.2 acres (12.6 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Early Commercial |
| NRHP reference No. | 82000671[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 6, 1982 |
The district is roughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Streets. It included 78 contributing buildings.[1]
It includes the old downtown of Monroe, centered on the courthouse square. Includes the Monroe Planing Mill with its frame part built in the 1840s,[2] the 1861 Romanesque Revival Universalist Church,[3] the 1866 Green County House,[4] the 1870 Italianate Jailhouse Tap,[5] the 1872 Italianate Treat Block,[6] the 1890 Queen Anne-styled Chenoweth Building,[7] the 1904 Neoclassical Ludlow Memorial Library,[8] and the 1931 Art Deco Goetz Theatre.[9][10]
References edit
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Monroe Planing Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Universalist Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Green County House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Weasel's Jailhouse Tap". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Treat's Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Benjamin Chenoweth Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ "Goetz Theatre". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
- ^ Terry L. Shoptaugh (March 23, 1980). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Monroe Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved July 8, 2017. With 56 photos.
External links edit
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