Monroe Commercial District Explained

Monroe Commercial District
Location:Roughly bounded by 15th and 18th Aves., 9th and 13th Sts., Monroe, Wisconsin
Coordinates:42.6011°N -89.64°W
Built:1850
Architecture:Early Commercial
Added:May 6, 1982
Area:31.2acres
Refnum:82000671

The Monroe Commercial District in Monroe, Wisconsin is a 31.2acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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

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,[1] the 1861 Romanesque Revival Universalist Church,[2] the 1866 Green County House,[3] the 1870 Italianate Jailhouse Tap,[4] the 1872 Italianate Treat Block,[5] the 1890 Queen Anne-styled Chenoweth Building,[6] the 1904 Neoclassical Ludlow Memorial Library,[7] and the 1931 Art Deco Goetz Theatre.[8] [9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monroe Planing Mill. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  2. Web site: Universalist Church. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  3. Web site: Green County House. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  4. Web site: Weasel's Jailhouse Tap. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  5. Web site: Treat's Block. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  6. Web site: Benjamin Chenoweth Building. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  7. Web site: Arabut Ludlow Memorial Free Library. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  8. Web site: Goetz Theatre. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2017-07-08.
  9. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=82000671}} NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Monroe Commercial District]. National Park Service. Terry L. Shoptaugh. 1980-03-23. 2017-07-08. With