249 Main St, Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin
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- ca. 1983
- Description
This commercial vernacular structure was built in 1878 by J. N. Parker for Giles Stevens. Much of the block had been destroyed by a fire in 1877. Stevens purchased land from N. W. Sallade and another owner. Stevens was a lawyer in New York and came to Baraboo, Wisconsin in 1853. In 1854 he moved to Reedsburg to practice law with Joseph Mackey. Around 1855 Stevens became the county surveyor. In 1861 he organized Company B, 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, and became captain. After the Civil War, he returned to Reedsburg to practice law and would become a county judge. The building is architecturally significant and part of the Main Street Commercial Historic District. Several businesses have occupied the building including a jewelry store and barbershop. At the time of the survey, Emery's Emporium was located here.
The Reedsburg Historic Survey was conducted from October 1983 through April 1984 by the City of Reedsburg and community volunteers. The project was funded, in part, by a National Park Service and U. S. Department of the Interior grant, administered by the Historic Preservation Division of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The surveys and accompanying photographs, housed at the Reedsburg Public Library, were compiled to determine National Register of Historic Places eligibility.
- Creator
Stager, Claudette
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Reedsburg Public Library
- Collection
- Reedsburg Intensive Survey 1983
- Subjects
- Reedsburg Historic Survey
Commercial buildings
Stores, Retail
Attorneys
Jewelry stores
Barbershops
Main Street Commercial Historic District
Giles Stevens block
Houck & Mackey
Giles Steven's Law Office
Emery's Emporium
Stevens, Giles
Sallade, Dr. Nathaniel W. (N. W.)
Mackey, Joseph
Stevens, Charles
Vernacular architecture
Parker, J. N - Format
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- Stager, Claudette. 249 Main St, Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin. ca. 1983. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RPL/id/1109. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Stager, Claudette, (ca. 1983) 249 Main St, Reedsburg, Sauk County, Wisconsin. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RPL/id/1109
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- Stager, Claudette. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/RPL/id/1109>.