Property Record
319 LAWE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | George Hauser; Bernard Nelessen; Herman C. Hass |
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| Other Name: | Bower Auto Parts |
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| Reference Number: | 56894 |
| Location (Address): | 319 LAWE ST |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Kaukauna |
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| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| 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: | This two story brick commercial building displays brick corbelling. An outside staircase leading to the second floor is located on the south side of the building. The upstairs windows appear to be original. The size of the storefront has been somewhat reduced in recent years. "This structure was built in 1883. An early history states that from 1887-1897 Gregor Deering conducted a meat market in Kaukauna. Listed at this address in 1897 was George Hauser's meat market, in 1901 J.W. Bukowsky and Orlando Cole's grocery and in 1908 Bernard Nelessen's grocery and home. The longest resident was Herman C. Hass's grocery form 1910-1977. First listed in 1897 as a papermaker, Hass ran a saloon from c. 1901-1908 at the southeast corner of Lawe and Division. Not until 1978 was the building used for anything other than a food market; since that time retail auto parts have been sold." Walking Tour Through Old Kaukauna: Two Self-Guided Historic Tours Kaukauna, Wisconsin, City of Kaukauna, 1983. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Kaukuana Tax Assessment Rolls 18886-1982. (B) Residential appraisal card. (C) Outagamie County City Directories 1897, 1901, 1908, 1910, 1919-1982. (D) Ryan, Thomas H., History of Outagamie County, 1911, Goodspeed Historical Assoc., Chicago, p. 995. 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 |