Property Record
160 SOUTH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | J.F. Goetz Manufacturing Company |
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| Reference Number: | 220109 |
| Location (Address): | 160 SOUTH ST |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | Hartford |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | industrial building |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Drop Siding |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 2017 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Sanborn maps indicate that the house and industrial building were constructed sometime between 1907 and 1913. The 1913 map shows the industrial building at the Julius Goetz Lightning Rod Factory. Goetz was born on 12 September 1874 in the Town of Hartford. After working on his father’s farm, he was a partner in the Neu, Endres & Goetz Hardware Store. He was also a president of the Leach & Christenson auto dealership and was an original organizer of the International Stamping Company in Hartford. However, his primary business beginning in 1909 was the head of the J.F. Goetz Manufacturing Company, which made lightening rods and cable. He held at least fourteen U.S. patents, of which most were related to lightening rods or automotive parts. He designed and built his own machines that spun lightening rod cable. By the time of his death in 1951, Goetz’s firm was one of only two lightening rod factories in Wisconsin and one of twenty nationally. "Architecture/History Survey of STH 83," WisDOT #1330-24-00, Prepared by Heritage Research (2011). Demolished between 2015 and 2017 according to Google Earth. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Files--160 South Street, Hartford History Room, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |