Main Street Commercial Historic District (Watertown, Wisconsin)

The Main Street Commercial Historic District is located in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Main Street Commercial Historic District
A portion of the district.
LocationRoughly Main St. from N. Washington St. to S. Seventh St., Watertown, Wisconsin
Area29 acres (12 ha)
NRHP reference No.89000483[1]
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1989

The district is made up of Watertown's old downtown with 127 contributing buildings, including the 1855 Commercial Vernacular Johnson Drug Store,[2] the 1855 Italianate Dennis Block,[3] the 1858 Italianate Misegades Wagon Works,[4] the 1876 Queen Anne/Romanesque Platz and Brandt dry goods Store,[5] and the 1907 Neoclassical Public Library.[6][7]

It includes the Masonic Temple (1906), also known as Fischer Department Store.[8]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Edward Johnson Drug Store; Eberle; Stapleton". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  3. "William Dennis Block; West Ave. House; New Belvidere". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  4. "Fred Misegades Wagon Works; Otto Biefeld Company". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  5. "Platz and Brandt Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  6. "Public Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  7. Joan Rausch (1987-10-21). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Main Street Commercial Historic District (Watertown)". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-16. With eleven photos.
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