Property Record
5781 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 69668 |
| Location (Address): | 5781 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
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| Township/Village: | Winneconne |
| Unincorporated Community: | Butte Des Morts |
| Town: | 19 |
| Range: | 15 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 24 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Although in need of exterior painting and perhaps other repairs, this is a fince example of a boomtown commercial building still relatively intact. In addition to the boomtown facade, features include a cutaway front entrance and a large, nine-light front window. The exterior is clapboard; on one side is a rectangular board and batten addition. Another feature of this property and to the rear of this building is a small, gable-roofed ice house. It has a four-inch thick door and an interior lined with narrow strips of varnished wood. The exterior is drop siding. This building was once a tavern; at least part of the interior bar has been removed. The ice house to the rear was used to store liquor and beer. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Interview with owner of Jimmie's White House Inn, Butte Des Morts supper club (FCS 18/36), August 2, 1990. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |