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For the new Grimm Bindery, Small designed a small shop in Georgian Revival style, similar in style to Ben Franklin's printing shop in Philadelphia. The building is one story on a raised basement, with walls clad in red brick. The front door is centered, framed in classically-styled concrete beneath a
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The Grimms continued business in this building for 60 years, keeping the exterior very intact. Around 1986 they moved their operations to a different building in Monona and the 1926 building was remodeled into apartments. The NRHP nomination at that time nominated the Grimm Bindery as "possibly the
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By 1924 Gottlieb's children and grandchildren ran the business, which "bound volumes for the state government, the university, other community libraries, city directories, student theses, and private libraries." Despite this business, the building on West Gorham was too large, so the Grimms decided
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best small Georgian Revival commercial building in Madison" and "the work of a locally important architect, Alvin Small."
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for the only dedicated book-binding business in town, run by the Grimm family for 60 years. In 1986 it was added to the
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to build a smaller shop. To design the new shop, they hired Madison architect Alvin Small, who had designed
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Gottlieb Grimm was a German immigrant who came to Madison in 1850 to work for Charles Weed in his
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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Grimm Book Bindery
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and Prairie style commercial buildings like the 1914 Eddy store.
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National Register of Historic Places in Madison, Wisconsin
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Madison, Wisconsin
43°04′26″N 89°23′43″W / 43.07389°N 89.39528°W / 43.07389; -89.39528 (Grimm Book Bindery)
Alvin Small
Colonial Revival
86000625
Georgian Revival
Madison, Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places
book-bindery
downs
Prairie style
Louis Hirsig house
pediment
cornice
modillions
Federal style
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Grimm Book Bindery"






National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Grimm Book Bindery
National Park Service

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