Property Record
200 N 2ND ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Powers Inn |
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| Reference Number: | 74657 |
| Location (Address): | 200 N 2ND ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862011 |
| Historic Use: | inn |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2011 survey identified building as demolished. This building, constructed in the early 1930s, was the Powers' Inn, operated by John Powers. Little is known about this business other than the fact that it was an inn and tavern. Initial research indicates that this building has no significant historical occupants and does not meet any eligibility criteria for historical significance for the National Register. Bulit in the early 1930s, this Tudor Revival commercial building is characterized by a red tile roof broken by steep gable roofed dormers with half-timber trim on the brick and stucco gable ends. Constructed of varied materials including rust colored brick, stucco on the upper story and a stone foundation, the building also is decorated by cut-out bargeboards on the gable overhanging the corner entrance and diamond paned leaded glass windows. A gable roofed door hood with tile roof, bargeboards and bracket console and arched entrance remains on the south elevation. The John Powers Building is significant under criterion C as a good example of Tudor Revival architecture. Quite well preserved, this building is clearly the most elaborate as well as the only commercial building clearly exhibiting the influence of the English Tudor Revival. Other good examples of the Tudor Revival exist only in the residential architecture of the city of Watertown. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Sanborn Perris Insurance Map, City of Watertown, 1915, 1926, 1937. (B) Watertown City Directories, 1919-1945, Watertown Public Library, Watertown, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |