Property Record
124 N BROADWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Knoeller Block |
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| Other Name: | Lee Building |
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| Reference Number: | 100943 |
| Location (Address): | 124 N BROADWAY |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | De Pere |
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| Year Built: | 1899 |
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| Survey Date: | 20012017 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Built as the New California Hotel in 1899, replacing the old hotel that had burned. Around 1920, it was renamed the Broadway Hotel. By the mid 1900s, the building had been converted into the Lee Department Store. A Large rear ell that was once the hotel's livery is still extant in 2000 and has been remodeled into commercial space. 2017: Second and third-floor windows replaced again. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Brown Co. Democrat 9/8/1899, p.1. Architecture/History Survey. September 2000. Carol Cartwright, Jennifer R. Harvey, and Marisa Kosobucki for the Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |