Property Record
W410 VETERANS AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Anton H. Mueller Company Store |
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| Other Name: | Clarence Mueller Store |
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| Reference Number: | 4315 |
| Location (Address): | W410 VETERANS AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | Sherwood |
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| Year Built: | 1916 |
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| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | general store |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Rock-Faced Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Originally surveyed 1993 - UNUSUAL PATTERN IN CONCRETE BLOCKS Re-Surveyed 2010 - The Mueller family has played an important role in the history of Sherwood. The first mention of the Mueller Family in local histories is 1881 when Henry Mueller established a cheese factory on the south side of Clifton Road (west of Military Road). Not much information exists about this early Mueller venture, but later, in 1916, Anton H. Mueller, presumably Henry's son, took over the operation of the well-established Sherwood Inn. Four years later, Anton helped establish the combination building housing the Sherwood Bank and the Sherwood Garage; as such, he became the bank's first president in 1914. Throughout this time, Anton continued in ownership of the Sherwood Inn, until 1916, when he sold to John Strebe. That same year, Anton Mueller built and operated his own company store, still at its present location and up until December 2010, it remained in the same family. After Anton passed in 1930, the store was operated by his son, Clarence, for most of the 1900s, until his death in 1997. The store then passed to Mary Jo and Tony Mueller, Clarence's children. In December 2010 it was announced that the family was selling the store to the Village of Sherwood. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Chilton Times. #28;Familiar Landmark Clarence Mueller Company to Change Hands.#29; December 2, 2010 -Sherwood, Wisconsin 1841-1941, Sherwood, Wisconsin: Wide-a-Wake 4-H Club, 1941 -Preissner, Paul, Sherwood: From a Clearing in the Woods (Sherwood, Wisconsin: Forest Edge Publishing, 1996). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |