Property Record
904 E Main St
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Bartles-Maguire Oil Company Service Station |
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Other Name: | Zwieg's Grill |
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Reference Number: | 245581 |
Location (Address): | 904 E Main St |
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County: | Jefferson |
City: | Watertown |
Township/Village: | |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 8 |
Range: | 15 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 4 |
Quarter Section: | NE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | NE |
Year Built: | 1925 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 2023 |
Historic Use: | gas station/service station |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
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Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | 2023: This one-story, vernacular commercial building was constructed as the Bartles-Maguire Oil Company Service Station in 1925. The original structure has a rectangular footprint, brick walls, and a steeply pitched, side-gabled roof sheathed in asphalt shingles. The roof contains a shed-roof dormer inset with an illuminated clock. Above the dormer, a sign reads “ZWIEG’S.” The reconfigured main entrance faces Main Street and is sheltered under a flat awning. The façade (west elevation) has a stone veneer and contains a large, metal frame picture window. The entrance is incorporated into a one-story, brick-clad, L-shaped addition that spans the north (side) elevation and continues around the east (rear) elevation. The addition has a flat roof with a false front mansard awning on the façade. There is a one-story, wood clad addition extending from the southwest corner of the building that contains a secondary entrance. Although opened as a gas station in 1925, the building has housed Zwieg’s Grill since 1946, nearly 80 years. |
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Bibliographic References: | “Zwieg’s Grill,” Articles, Watertown Historical Society, accessed February 14, 2023, http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/Zwiegs.htm. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |