Property Record
908 Washington St.
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Guest House Inn and Marc's Big Boy Restaurant |
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| Other Name: | Econolodge |
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| Reference Number: | 245636 |
| Location (Address): | 908 Washington St. |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Manitowoc |
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| Year Built: | 1963 |
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| Survey Date: | 2023 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This 2-story Contemporary hotel building was constructed in 1963 as Guest House Inn and Marc’s Big Boy Restaurant (aka Marc’s Coffee Shop). It is L-shaped in plan with an office mass at the south end of the building (the first floor of which historically served as the restaurant space and cocktail lounge) and a long mass containing individual hotel rooms extending from the rear (north) elevation of this. The building is clad in stucco, brick, and stone veneer and features a flat roof with metal-clad eave overhang. The office mass faces south and is asymmetrical in composition with a stone veneered center bay containing a metal-framed pair of glass doors; this is sheltered by a metal-clad pent roof. Window banks extend along both sides of this bay. The second story of the office mass contains a row of single-pane windows across the façade; every third window contains a built-in air conditioning unit in its lower half. A flat-roofed canopy extends from the west corner of the front elevation to create a sheltered drive-through space. The first and second stories of the northern building mass contain regularly-spaced banks of Chicago style windows. The first story of this mass is clad in brick while the second story is clad in stucco; a band of clapboard siding is located along the length of the mass between the two stories. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |