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100 E COOK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

100 E COOK

Architecture and History Inventory
100 E COOK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Portage Cook Stove; Kerr's Restaurant
Other Name:T.J. Family Cafe
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:41125
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):100 E COOK
County:Columbia
City:Portage
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1892
Additions:
Survey Date:1992
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:Brick
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Portage Retail Historic District
National Register Listing Date:4/27/1995
State Register Listing Date:10/24/1994
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Parapet; pilasters divide building; corbeling cast iron window hoods; windows partly closed; recessed rectangular panel below each window; canted wall with entrance; current metal storefront along the first floor.
Bibliographic References:Sanborn Perris Map Co. 1929: Store 1918: Grocery 1910: Vacant 1894: Clothing 1885: Building not there Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863 192530: Fields mand Peterson 1900-20: Arthur Evans Est. 1892-95: Arthur Evans 1890-91: Building not there The tax assessment records indicate that the building was erected in 1892. Directories: 1955: (1200-102) Kerr's Restaurant (Johnson Printing Co.) 1948: 1937: (100) Kerr's Restaurant (Commonwealth Telephone Co.) 1929: Portage Cash Store and Market, F.W. Gilbert (Smith Baumann) 1917: Portage Cash Store (Farrell) 1910, 1908-09; No listing for 100/102 E. Cook and Portage Cash Store is not listed in R. L. Polk in 1917-18 or before. The directories indicate that the building functioned as the Portage Cash Store by at least 1917 until at least 1929/ By 1937, it had become Kerr's Restaurant which remained in business at 100 E. cook until at least 1955.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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