Property Record
150 E MAPLE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HENKEL & WENZEL BUILDING |
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| Other Name: | THRIFT & GIFT |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 45010 |
| Location (Address): | 150 E MAPLE ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Courthouse Square Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/7/2006 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/20/2006 |
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| Additional Information: | A BRICK CORBEL TABLE AT THE CORNICE LINE AND FIVE LARGE ROUND ARCH OPENINGS SEPARATED BY PILASTERS CHARACTERIZE THIS HANDSOME COMMERCIAL BLOCK. OTHER FEATURES OF THE TWO STORY BLOCK INCLUDE A RECTANGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A FLAT ROOF, AND A BRICK EXTERIOR. THE INTENSIVE SURVEY CATEGORIZED THE BLOCK'S SITE TYPE UNDER THAT OF TAVERN/BAR. THIS BLOCK WAS FOUND TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE HISTORIC COMMERCIAL USE OF THIS BLOCK WAS AS A SALOON IN C. 1894 TO C. 1927. (B). HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MAPLE AND MONROE STREETS, THIS COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE HOUSED A SALOON FROM AT LEAST 1894 TO 1927. (B). IN 1898, R.N. TRENTZSCH WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF THE SALOON. (C). AN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BUILDING IS AVAILABLE AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. CITY OF LANCASTER TAX ROLLS. THE BUILDING IS ALSO SHOWN ON AN 1878 PHOTOGRAPH INCLUDED IN AN ALBUM AT THE LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. B. 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927 SANBORN PERRIS MAPS. C. 1898 LANCASTER CITY DIRECTORY. 2005, Timothy F. Heggland. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Courthouse Square Historic District, Lancaster, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |