Property Record
111 S ADAMS AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PETRUSCHKE [1976CARD] |
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| Other Name: | BERLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 49409 |
| Location (Address): | 111 S ADAMS AVE |
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| County: | Green Lake |
| City: | Berlin |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | Domestic - outbuilding |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. This structure contributes to the significance of the Broadway-Huron Street Historic District under criterion C as an interesting example of a late Italianate style commercial building with shop above. This well-preserved structure illustrates the conservatism of some of the local builders and designers in its use of brick hood moulds of a type that had largely passed from fashion almost a decade earlier. Ernest Petruschke was a master mason who moved to Eureka from Berlin, Germany in 1881. He spent five years in Eureka constructing barns and houses before moving to Berlin, Wisconsin in 1886. In 1888 he constructed this building on Adams Street and lived with his family on the second floor. The first floor was used for a "model laundry" which was run by his wife, Emma. The laundry remained there until 1896, when it was moved to Huron Street. Ernest was a contractor who specialized in brick, concrete and all kinds of stone. He built several commercial buildings on Huron Street and Broadway and even worked on buildings as far away as Milwaukee. He also built the first sidewalk, curb and gutter in Berlin and constructed cemetery vaults and urn. In 1920, Steve Kroll purchased the house from the Petruschke Estate and converted the carriage house into a shop to manufacture soda pop for his company, Berlin Bottling Works. The Bottling Works was in operation for almost fifty years. The house is currently the home of the Berlin Historical Society. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Gillett, Lulubelle C. Early Houses in Berlin, WI and the People Who LIved in Them. Stevens Point, WI: Woralla Publishing, 1976, p. 62-64. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |