Monroe Commercial District

The Monroe Commercial District in Monroe, Wisconsin is a 31.2 acres (12.6 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

For the historic district in Georgia, see Monroe Commercial Historic District.
Monroe Commercial District
LocationRoughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Sts., Monroe, Wisconsin
Coordinates42.601111°N 89.64°W / 42.601111; -89.64
Area31.2 acres (12.6 ha)
Built1850
Architectural styleEarly Commercial
NRHP reference No.82000671[1]
Added to NRHPMay 6, 1982

The district is roughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Streets. It included 78 contributing buildings.[1]

It includes the old downtown of Monroe, centered on the courthouse square. Includes the Monroe Planing Mill with its frame part built in the 1840s,[2] the 1861 Romanesque Revival Universalist Church,[3] the 1866 Green County House,[4] the 1870 Italianate Jailhouse Tap,[5] the 1872 Italianate Treat Block,[6] the 1890 Queen Anne-styled Chenoweth Building,[7] the 1904 Neoclassical Ludlow Memorial Library,[8] and the 1931 Art Deco Goetz Theatre.[9][10]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Monroe Planing Mill". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  3. "Universalist Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. "Green County House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  5. "Weasel's Jailhouse Tap". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  6. "Treat's Block". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  7. "Benjamin Chenoweth Building". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  8. "Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  9. "Goetz Theatre". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  10. Terry L. Shoptaugh (1980-03-23). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Monroe Commercial District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-07-08. With 56 photos.
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