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Most early stores were built of wood, and in 1889 a fire destroyed a whole row of frame buildings on East Main Street, from 139 to 195 E. Main - except for the Moen Bakery building at 147-143 E. Main. That bakery had been built around 1882 of brick, and it survived, though damaged. The owners and
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Stoughton a shipping center for wheat from the surrounding farms. T.G. Mandt started a wagon-making factory the 1860s which was so successful that the town was known as "the Hub City." In 1880 Mandt's factory produced 5,000 wagons, 50,000 to 75,000 wheel hubs, and
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above that on the center of one side. In the early years the building housed "Stoughton's leading department store," owned by K.G. Olsen and Dr. Francis Hyland, a "magnetic healer." The large building also housed
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Hausmann Block Saloon at 105 E. Main is a 2-story brick business block built in 1903 by L.B. Gilbert. Its distinctive feature is the corner tower, covered with pressed metal and topped with a conical roof and a
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structure built around 1907, with the front dominated by four brick piers which are decorated with bands of light stone. Similar to the Boyce Block above, the front is capped with an entablature with dentilated
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The block of six 2-story buildings from 139 to 195 E. Main is the group that was rebuilt together after the fire of 1889. They are all 2-stories, brick, finished in a commercial
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city decided to rebuild the entire block in brick, two stories tall, with a unified design. The large project was managed by George Becker. Even the Moen Bakery got a new cornice to match the other buildings.
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Erickson Block at 188-194 W. Main is a 3-story, red brick structure built by George Becker in 1905 for $ 16,000. The upper two stories feature a
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The Johnson Block at 139 E. Main housed a meat market.
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