1201-1211 Third Street (Commercial Building), Stevens Point, Portage County, WI

Significance: The building at 1201-1211 Third Street is one of two adjacent three-bay commercial structures. This building is the newer of the two by a couple years. This building was constructed by a local butcher, E.G. Betlach, around 1914, according to the sources listed above. It has housed various commercial activities over its history, none of which, in and of themselves, are considered significant to the history of Stevens Point. The building is also not considered architecturally eligible for the National Register on its own merits. However, it was determined eligible as a contributing building in the Stevens Point Downtown Historic District. This building in company with the other two on the east side of Third Street comprise the bulk of the block coming north from Main Street. As such, they contribute to the building fabric of the surviving buildings on Main Street. The other two buildings at 1217-1225 and 1231-33 are also slated for demolition and are also considered contributing to the Main Street Historic District. The building itself is two stories in height with three commercial bays on the ground floor and three apartments on the second. Its design has little of note and is characteristic of early twentieth century design. The only noted ornamented features are a brick pilaster in the second floor facade between the first and second bays and corbelling in the brick cornice.
Survey number: HABS WI-294