McClurg Building (Racine, Wisconsin)


McClurg Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	245 Main St., Racine, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°43′51″N 87°47′0″W / 42.73083°N 87.78333°W / 42.73083; -87.78333Coordinates: 42°43′51″N 87°47′0″W / 42.73083°N 87.78333°W / 42.73083; -87.78333
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1858 (1858)
Architectural style	Renaissance architecture, Other, North Italian Renaissance architecture
NRHP Reference #	77000044^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 13, 1977

The McClurg Building is a historic building located at 245 Main St. in Racine, Wisconsin. The building was built in 1858 and designed by Alexander McClurg in the High Victorian architecture and Italianate architecture styles.

The building originally held offices for the Racine and Mississippi Railroad and has served a variety of other uses since its construction. Many of the businesses and institutions which occupied the building were the first of their kind in Racine, including the city's first public library, municipal court, vaudeville theater, movie theater, and Turkish bath, as well as the United States' first vocational school.^[2] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "McClurg Building". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved January 18, 2013.

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