The College Avenue Historic District in

Appleton, Wisconsin Appleton () is the county seat of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, with small portions extending into Calumet County, Wisconsin, Calumet and Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Winnebago counties. Located on the Fox River (Green Bay tributary ...

is a

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

that was listed on the

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in 1982. In 1982, it included 27 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area, one of which is the 12 story

Zuelke Building The Zuelke Building is a twelve-story, 168 foot neo-gothic high rise building in Appleton, Wisconsin. It is named for Irving Zuelke. It was completed in 1932, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register o ...

, and one contributing object, the Soldiers Square Civil War Monument. with The contributing buildings include: *

, 103 W. College Avenue, a twelve-story gray granite building. Its interior is one of few intact original interiors in the district. *Gibson's Auto Exchange, at 211 W. College Avenue,

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920 ...

. *Bissing Building, 203-205 W. College Avenue, with lions' heads in its roofline pediments. In 1982 two commercial establishments, Boot Hill and Brown Beam Tavern, occupied the building.

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Appleton, Wisconsin Geography of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Outagamie County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub