Postcard
Hotel Kegonsa
| Text on front reads: "Hotel Kegonsa — On U.S. 51, Stoughton, Wisconsin." On reverse, "Hotel Kegonsa, Modern Coffee Shop, U.S. Highway 51, Stoughton, Wisconsin." A brick hotel on a brick paved street with many signs that read: "Carroll House", "Hotel Kegonsa", "Coffee Shop" and "Municipal Liquor Store". From the Wisconsin Historical Society Property Record: "This site has been the location of a hotel since the very beginning of Stoughton's history. The present building was constructed between 1912 and 1926. Community founder Luke Stoughton persuaded Alvin West to establish an inn on this property in 1855. Hotels occupying this site have had a number different names: The Stoughton House, the Mt. Vernon House, The Higbee House, the Hutson House, and the Hotel Kegonsa." |
| Image ID: | 149655 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1955 |
| Creator Name: | Koppel Color Cards |
| City: | Stoughton |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin postcard collection, circa 1860s?-circa 1990s |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2744 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Divided back. #3182. Dated by automobiles. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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