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Neillsville Downtown Historic District

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The Mark Kappelan Block at 551 Hewett was built in 1893, housing a drug store which faced onto Hewett Street, a barber shop behind that, and a saloon in back. Squarish arches in the brick frame the second story windows. In 1897 the building was refaced and decorated with the iron cornice and window
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Emery Bruley's Men's Clothing Store at 541 Hewett was built in 1882 in Commercial Italianate style. Bruley was a Canadian who started a blacksmith shop in Neillsville, then opened a clothes store. This building initially housed Bruley's clothing store, a cigar store, a saloon at street level and a
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and floating it downstream to their mill. The loggers prospered, more settlers came, and by 1860 the population approached 250. Businesses developed along Main Street, which is now called Hewett Street. The earliest were wood frame buildings.
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The Neillsville Bank at 538 Hewett was built in 1887 as a red brick general store with a corner entrance, and was known as the Gates Block. In 1909 the bank remodeled the exterior to Commercial
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Around the corner behind the Neillsville Bank, at 118 W 6th Street is the Varieties Store, built in 1886. It has simple Commercial Italianate details and a coal chute on the front.
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The Sniteman Drug store at 528 Hewett is a striking brick Italianate building with metal cornice - the tallest on the block. Charles C. Sniteman was a New Yorker who trained at the
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style, with a central opening framed in limestone blocks. The opening originally contained multipaned windows and decorative panels; today the upper part has been filled with wood.
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cigar factory on the second floor. Bruley also invented the Bruley steel fence post and built the north half of what is now called the Tufts Mansion at 26 Hewett in 1885.
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Hein & Beaulieu's Dry Goods Store at 517 Hewett, built in 1897, is a Commercial Italianate building with Queen Anne influences and an ornate bracketed cornice.
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The Dewhurst Block at 521 Hewett is another red brick Commercial building, this one built in 1891. It housed a general store and in more recent years the
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The Bast Bakery at 510 Hewett is another brick Italianate building with cornice, built around 1890, which originally housed a meat and flour store.
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The August Snyder Clothing Store at 518 Hewett is another brick Italianate building with cornice, this one built in 1900. It has a second-story
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Mary Jane Hettinga's nomination for the district (among the references above) contains more detailed descriptions of the buildings.
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The Republican Press at 531 Hewett is another Commercial Italianate building with cornice, built in 1895. It served as post office.
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The settlement of Neillsville began when James O'Neill and his companions cut a road up through the forest from
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and grocery store. In 1917 the Commercial State Bank remodeled the facade into a more dignified
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The Clark County Bank building at 522 Hewett was built in 1887, then expanded and elaborated to
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The Commercial State Bank at 534 Hewett was built of red brick in 1887 and housed a
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in June 1845. They built a sawmill on the bank of O'Neill Creek and began cutting
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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Continuing up the west side of Hewett street, and to the right in the photo:
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influence. This first brick building was called "the Brick Store" for years.
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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The Lowe Brothers building at 508 Hewett is a graceful brick building with
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Clark County, Wisconsin
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National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Wisconsin
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Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, et al.
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National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form
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National Register of Historic Places - Registration Form
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Buildings and structures in Clark County, Wisconsin
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(November 15, 2004). 427:"Neillsville Downtown Historic District" 362: 1067:Charles C. and Katharyn Sniteman House 958:Neillsville Downtown Historic District 371:"National Register Information System" 216:Neillsville Downtown Historic District 32:Neillsville Downtown Historic District 23: 875:"Hein and Beaulieu's Dry Goods Store" 505:"Trogner, George W. and Sarah, House" 425:Hettinga, Mary Jane (July 20, 1999). 7: 938:National Register of Historic Places 376:National Register of Historic Places 224:National Register of Historic Places 1177:Victorian architecture in Wisconsin 1022:Charles and Theresa Cornelius House 879:National Register or State Register 853:National Register or State Register 827:National Register or State Register 801:National Register or State Register 772:National Register or State Register 746:National Register or State Register 720:National Register or State Register 694:National Register or State Register 668:National Register or State Register 642:National Register or State Register 616:National Register or State Register 590:National Register or State Register 564:National Register or State Register 538:National Register or State Register 482:National Register or State Register 1012:Forrest D. and Marian Calway House 283:which projects above the sidewalk. 14: 1077:William B. and Jennie Tufts House 1072:George W. and Sarah Trogner House 1037:Herman M. and Hanna Hediger House 1032:First Church of Christ, Scientist 1027:Decatur and Kate Dickinson House 299:Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 106: 99: 81: 74: 768:"Emery Bruley's Men's Clothing" 881:. Wisconsin Historical Society 855:. Wisconsin Historical Society 829:. Wisconsin Historical Society 823:"Republican Press/Post Office" 803:. Wisconsin Historical Society 774:. Wisconsin Historical Society 748:. Wisconsin Historical Society 722:. Wisconsin Historical Society 696:. Wisconsin Historical Society 670:. Wisconsin Historical Society 644:. Wisconsin Historical Society 618:. Wisconsin Historical Society 592:. Wisconsin Historical Society 586:"August Snyder Clothing Store" 566:. Wisconsin Historical Society 540:. Wisconsin Historical Society 484:. Wisconsin Historical Society 194: 1: 115:Show map of the United States 21:United States historic place 478:"Hewett and Woods Building" 1208: 638:"C.C. Sniteman Drug Store" 1147: 1042:John and Maria Hein House 193:NRHP reference  124: 68: 59: 55: 46: 37: 30: 26: 994:The Silver Dome Ballroom 185:Architectural style 1052:Neillsville Post Office 942:Clark County, Wisconsin 664:"Commercial State Bank" 343:Coast to Coast Hardware 265:arches and a cast iron 976:Robert Schofield House 220:Neillsville, Wisconsin 180:2 acres (0.81 ha) 134:Neillsville, Wisconsin 49:U.S. Historic district 1057:Neillsville Standpipe 742:"Mark Kappelan Block" 458:. City of Neillsville 381:National Park Service 161:44.56056°N 90.59611°W 90:Show map of Wisconsin 1139:Grand Avenue Bridge 1123:Charles Foote House 612:"Clark County Bank" 166:44.56056; -90.59611 157: /  1082:Wisconsin Pavilion 950:Historic districts 690:"Neillsville Bank" 345:. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Neillsville Downtown Historic District is located in Wisconsin
Neillsville Downtown Historic District is located in the United States
Neillsville, Wisconsin
44°33′38″N 90°35′46″W / 44.56056°N 90.59611°W / 44.56056; -90.59611
00000701
Neillsville, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places
Black River Falls
pine
Clark County
Italianate
Romanesque
cornice
Red Owl
bay window
Queen Anne style
corbels
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
dry goods
Classical Revival
Prairie Style
Coast to Coast Hardware
Richard Dewhurst
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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