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Main Street Commercial Historic District
Parnell Building 90 E. Mineral.jpeg
The William Parnell Building, located in the district.
Location Roughly bounded by Chestnut, Furnace, Bonson, Mineral, Oak, and Pine, Platteville, Wisconsin
Area 12 acres (4.9 ha)
Built 1848 (1848)
NRHP reference No. 90000377
Added to NRHP March 9, 1990

The Main Street Commercial Historic District is located in Platteville, Wisconsin.

Description

The district includes the area of Platteville's early business districts on Second Street and Main, platted like an English village with narrow streets, narrow lots, and a village green. Includes the 1847 Federal-styled Parnell Building (pictured), the 1853 Hendershot Harness Shop, the 1876 Italianate Kettler building, the 1906 Italianate Wedige Saloon, the 1906 Queen Anne Dr. Cunningham house, the 1914 Tudor Revival Carnegie Library, the 1924 Neoclassical First National Bank, and the 1938 Art Deco Municipal Building.

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