Property Record
111 W MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Congress Bar & Grill Building |
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| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 38647 |
| Location (Address): | 111 W MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1966 |
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| Survey Date: | 20002019 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Brutalism |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | West Main Street Historic District |
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| State Register Listing Date: | 4/16/1999 |
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| Additional Information: | Map Code is 070923119022. City of Madison, Wisconsin Underrepresented Communities Historic Resource Survey Report: The building at 111 West Main Street was built for the Congress Bar and Grill in 1966 after its previous building on the site was destroyed by fire. The queer bar Going My Way opened there in 1977 as a “disco and social center.” Going My Way unusually catered to both men and women in the LGBTQ community with a lesbian bar on the lower level, a gay bar on the first floor, and a men’s and women’s popular disco on the second floor. After Going My Way closed in 1981, another gay bar, One Eleven West operated in the building for one year. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |