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504 East Main Street & 513 - 517 Springdale Street (north side)
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504 East Main Street (Veri-Best Hatchery Building/Shell Service Station)
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504 East Main St.
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504 East Main Street
This brick commercial vernacular building was erected for William Bilse in 1928 (Mount (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls; Mount Horeb Presettlement to 1986, p. 26). It is a Modern Broadfront, and housed Bilse's business, the Veri-Best Hatchery, which was located at the east end of the structure. There was a Shell service station on the west end, and a grocery store in the middle. The windows were replaced, and a second story added at either end, in 1987 (building permit, February 9, 1987). The chick hatchery was open until the 1950s; Clarence Bultman was the manager of the hatchery in 1938. Wayne Yapp, a long-time Mount Horeb tailor, moved his shop here in 1965. In 1982, he opened an antique store in the building (Mount Horeb Presettlement to 1986, pp. 26, 58). This property appears to have been owned by William Bilse from 1928 until at least 1936, by Elmer Thousand from at least 1945 until 1965, and by Wayne Yapp since 1965 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). The VeriBest Hatchery/Shell Station is not individually eligible for historic designation.

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517 [513] Springdale Street [rear of 510 East Main Street] (Theodore Spaanem House)
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517 [513] Springdale Street
This frame contemporary building was erected for Theodore Spaanem in 1962 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). It has commercial space on the ground floor, which faces Springdale, and apartments on the second floor, which faces East Main Street. Alice Flom's grocery was located in the commercial space until 1978. Later commercial tenants include East of the Sun Carpeting, Collins Antique Shop, Prairie Antiques, Nature's Way, Shirts'-N'-Stuff, and the General Store (Mount Horeb Presettlement to 1986, pp. 27, 30). The Spaanem Building is not eligible for historic designation.


515 Springdale Street [Rear of 600 East Main Street] (Thomas & Agnes Syverud House)
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600 East Main Street [and 515 Springdale Street]
This frame Queen Anne house was erected for Thomas and Agnes Syverud in 1985 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). The house features a three-story corner canted tower with a mansard roof, shingling above the second story, and a full-facade front porch with fluted Ionic columns on cast concrete block piers. Thomas Syverud was a part owner in the Kittleson, Vilberg and Syverud hardware store in 1895 (located at 100 South Second Street, extant). From at least 1897 until at least 1901, Syverud had his own business, selling farm implements (Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory). This property was owned by Thomas Syverud from 1895 until 1899, by John Peters from 1900 until 1907, by Mrs. John Peters from 1907 until 1910, by Mrs. Peter Hadley in 1911 and 1912, by the Hauge Church from 1913 until 1917, by Otto Loftsgordon from 1917 until 1919. by Henry Kahl from 1920 until at least 1945, by Adolph Laufenberg from at least 1950 until at least 1970, by Sybilla Laufenberg from at least 1975 until at least 1980, and by John and Patricia Hershberger in 1985. In 1996, the owner was Hickman (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). The Syverud House is probably not individually eligible for historic designation.

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