High Street - 229 - Otis/ Hendra Building
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- Created Date
- 1892-1910;
- Description
The tin front with starburst design was added to this building in 1892, by Charles Hendra. The underlying building has been on the site since 1868. Mineral Point Weekly Tribune, Oct. 19, 1860: "New Boot and Shoe Store. Mr. T. J. Otis has opened a Boot and Shoe Store in his building next door to Pulford’s Drug Store, where he is prepared to make to order, from the best of stock, all sizes and varieties of Boots and shoes, to suit customers. Now is the season for laying in for the Winter supply of those articles, and we are assured that Mr. Otis can supply them on terms satisfactory to all. See Advertisement in another column."Mineral Point Tribune, April 29, 1868: "Mssrs. Hendra & Vincent have commenced the east wall for a fine two story stone or brick building, on the lot on which the frame house occupied by Kennedy’s Furnishing Store stands – the old building to be removed."Iowa County Democrat, May 20, 1892: "Four new plate glass fronts have been added to High street
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Mineral Point Historical Society
- Collection
- Glass Plate Negative Collection;
- Subjects
- Architectural decorations & ornaments
Grocers
Barrels
Businesses
Queen Anne Architecture
High Street Buildings
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- Copyright to this resource is held by the Mineral Point Historical Society and is provided here for educational purposes only. Commercial use or distribution of the image or content is not permitted without prior permission of the Mineral Point Historical Society. Please contact the Mineral Point Historical Society at MPHS@mineralpointhistory.org for permission to use the digital image or content.
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- High Street - 229 - Otis/ Hendra Building. 1892-1910. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/134. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- (1892-1910) High Street - 229 - Otis/ Hendra Building. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/134
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- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/mphs/id/134>.