Property Record
116 E 3RD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Heiting Grocery; Kuehn and Simon Meat Market |
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| Other Name: | Schwalenberg Building |
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| Reference Number: | 51676 |
| Location (Address): | 116 E 3RD ST |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Kaukauna |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | grocery |
| 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: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | "Like the Carpet Mart building and Pechman Studios, the Schwalenberg Building displays a series of small rounded arches with brick corbelling, stilted arch windows (now boarded up) and a small projecting parapet. A metal canopy has been added later. The second floor apartment has been vacant for thirty-five years and has retained its original woodwork. The building is now vacant and slated to be torn down for a new shopping mall." Walking Tour Through Old Kaukauna: Two Self-Guided Historic Tours Kaukauna, Wisconsin, City of Kaukauna, 1983. Demolished. This building represented a substantial investment for one of the City's pioneer grocers, John Heiting. Built as the Heiting Grocery in 1890 as a step up from Heiting's 1886 store on the NW corner of Second and Main, the property was originally valued at $1,200. It was owned by Joseph Hoffensberger 1921-35, became the Kuehn and Simon Meat Market in 1938, and Roehrborn's Meats in 1969. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn Perris Map, 1890. (B) Building inscription. (C) Ray Schwalenberg, owner. (D) Kaukauna Sun, Birdseye Map 1886. (E) Kaukauna Assessment Rolls 1887-1970. (F) Appleton, Outgamie County Directories, 1938-1972. Walking Tour Through Old Kaukauna: Two Self-Guided Historic Tours Kaukauna, Wisconsin, City of Kaukauna, 1983. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |