Property Record
1445 Junction Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | William & Carrie Scholtz Boarding House |
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Reference Number: | 10933 |
Location (Address): | 1445 Junction Ave |
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County: | Racine |
City: | Racine |
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Year Built: | 1897 |
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Survey Date: | 1975 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | STILTED STONE LINTELSROUND ARCHED WINDOW IN GABLE Built in 1897 as a boarding house. In 1902 Carrie Shaver (who had remarried) added a restaurant and sold the house in 1905 for $5,500 to Niels and Carrie Pederson. The Pedersons continued the restaurant and lived in the house with their three children and a servant until they sold the building to Hans C. and Marie Hansen in January 1913. A year later, the Hansens sold it to Henry and Gertrude Erdmann. In 1914, it was known as the Union Hotel. Gertrude ran the hotel until she sold it to Racine Tool & Machine Company in 1929. The building was vacant until 1934 when Vernon and Sadie Vrooman rented it. The Vrooman's lived in the house with their three sons and kept boarders. In 1946, Joseph, William, and Max Seft, the Seft Brothers Partnership purchased the building. The building became vacant again in 1954. From 1955 to 1978 the building housed Racine County Social Services, later called County Department of General Assistance, and later called Racine County Department of Human Services. The building has served a variety of purposes since the late 1970s often sitting vacant. |
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Bibliographic References: | Preservation Racine News, Winter 2019, Volume 17. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |