Property Record
1609-1611 WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Napieczinski Block |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 120347 |
| Location (Address): | 1609-1611 WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Two Rivers |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Central Park Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/1/2000 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/14/2000 |
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| Additional Information: | Builder was F.L. Wolfe and B. Pawlitzke. Constructed for Frank Napieczinski's Saloon. The south half housed the Western Union offices until 1970. Frank's Saloon did not survive prohibition. That half of the building housed the Elliot Plumbing office in the 1930s, E.E. Meckelberg's Jewelry Store and then the HTR Two Rivers Office until 1998. Clarkson Insurance occupied the south half until 1998. Home Plate Sports Collectables occupied the north half from 1998 until 2001 when it moved into the south half. In 1998 the Two Rivers Main Street Office resided in the south half leaving in 2001 for the upper floor office. The Two Rivers Fitness Center opened up in the north half in the Spring of 2001. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |