Property Record
820 WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mathias Kettenhofen Building |
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| Other Name: | Thomas Knab Law Offices |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 58482 |
| Location (Address): | 820 WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Manitowoc |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Eighth Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/17/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Altered 1st story; stencil work ; Palladian window. This building is a single bay commercial building dating from 1895. Although the first floor has been severely altered, t hrough remodelling, the second floor is intact. The cream brick construction of the building highlighted by a set of three windows in Palladian arch form in the Romanesque Revival style. The windows feature raised brick surrounds which are repeated with raised brick pilasters on the corners. A stone band extends across the entire facade at the window top level. A corbelled cornice completes the composition. In 1897, Kettenhofen ran a saloon in this building and lived upstairs. From 1903-1922 the building was occupied by the Manitowoc Steam Cleaning and Dying Works, Henry Bode, owner. In 1922, it was acquired by John A. Glander for expansion of the Glander Art Studio at 822 Washington St. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. County Tax Rolls. B. Manitowoc City Directory, 1897. Ca. 1900 photograph, Wisconsin Historical Society image I.D. 133275, The Little Gem. "Manitowoc Post" Dec. 12, 1895. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |