Main Street Commercial Historic District | |
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Location | Roughly bounded by N. Park, S. Park, N. Walnut, and S. Walnut Sts. on Main St., Reedsburg, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°31′57″N 90°0′25″W / 43.53250°N 90.00694°W |
Built | 1874 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
MPS | Reedsburg MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 84000654 |
Added to NRHP | December 26, 1984 [1] |
Main Street Commercial Historic District is a historic district in Reedsburg, Wisconsin that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It was listed alongside the Park Street Historic District. The district consists of 21 commercial buildings. Eighteen of the buildings are brick and three are of stone construction. [2]
Main Street began as "Shanty Row", consisting of five tamarack shanties built in 1850. [3] Over the next 10 years, the shanties were either destroyed or removed, and Main Street took their place. The Chicago & North Western Railway (C&NW) arrived in 1872, bringing with it many businesses and industries. [4] One of the most important was the Reedsburg Woolen Mill, which was built in 1882 along the Baraboo River.