233, 235 & 237 W Jefferson Street | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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233, 235 & 237 W Jefferson Street

Architecture and History Inventory
233, 235 & 237 W Jefferson Street | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:COLBURN TAVERN
Other Name:LOG CABIN TAVERN
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Reference Number:10634
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):233, 235 & 237 W Jefferson Street
County:Racine
City:Burlington
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:
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Survey Date:19752011
Historic Use:tavern/bar
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:STILTED ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS W/ TRACERYTRANSOM OVER DOOR

By the late 1890s, William Colburn operated a saloon on Jefferson Street in a non-extant building. In 1898, he purchased B. Ebbers’ neighboring tavern building which faced State Street and hired Joseph A. Rueter to move and rotate it to face Jefferson Street. The Colburn Tavern is located at 233, 235 & 237 W. Jefferson Street. Colburn sold the building and business to his sons, Howard H. and Clarence Colburn, in 1905. The brothers hired John Lockmett to remodel the interior, including a tamarack log wall veneer, and reopened the saloon as the Log Cabin Inn in 1911. The Colburn brothers sold the building in 1922 to Michael Fleuker, owner of a neighboring meat market. Sometime later however, the Log Cabin Tavern reopened. The tavern remains in business to this day under different ownership.
Bibliographic References:General Files. On file at the Burlington Historical Society, Burlington, Wisconsin.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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