Property Record
101 BLACKBURN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Luhm's Hotel |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28847 |
| Location (Address): | 101 BLACKBURN ST |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| City: | Ripon |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 2001 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| 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: | Watson Street Commercial Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/27/1991 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/26/1991 |
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| Additional Information: | Two-story, cream brick commercial block with stilted, segmental arch windows and corbelling along the cornice. Enclosed storefront. This building was constructed around 1880 and operated for many years as a railroad hotel, serving the public who came through the depot across the street. It was listed as contributing to the historical significance of the Watson Street Commercial Historic District because of its use as a historic railroad hotel, an important commercial enterprise in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. |
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| Bibliographic References: | . |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |