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'''235 Main Street''' is the displayed address of a commercial building on [[Main Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|Main Street]] in [[Downtown (Racine, Wisconsin)|downtown]] [[Racine, Wisconsin]]. The building's legal address is '''233 Main Street''', but throughout most of its history it has been known as 235 Main Street, and as of 2020, the building is owned by an organization named 235 Main Street, Inc.<ref name=property-record/> The small white brick building, only {{convert|595|sqft|m2}},<ref name=property-record/><ref name=onyon-2018/> was constructed in 1929, to house one of the first locations in the [[White Tower Hamburgers|White Tower]] chain of 24/7 diners. White Tower operated in the building until 1964, and a similar independent restaurant, White Steer, opened the following year. It was first operated as a pizzeria in 1979, and was occupied by De'Pizza Chef from 1985 to 2018. As of 2020, the building is being renovated and expanded into a new pizza restaurant.
 
The building is [[Category:Old Main Street Historic District (Racine, Wisconsin)|one of 73 contributing properties]] to the {{w|Old Main Street Historic District (Racine, Wisconsin)|Old Main Street Historic District}}, which is listed on the {{w|National Register of Historic Places}}. Along with the Paramount Radio Stores Building at [[318 Main Street (Racine, Wisconsin)|318 Main Street]] (also built in 1929), it is one of the newest contributing buildings in the historic district.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87000491}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Main Street Historic District |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |author=Don Rintz |date=1987 |accessdate=February 3, 2017 }}</ref>
 
==History==