Property Record
9 W MILWAUKEE AVE (AKA 210 S MAIN)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BLACKHAWK HOTEL |
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| Other Name: | Black Hawk Senior Residence |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 7572 |
| Location (Address): | 9 W MILWAUKEE AVE (AKA 210 S MAIN) |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Fort Atkinson |
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| Year Built: | 1914 |
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| Additions: | 1929 1959 |
| Survey Date: | 19972019 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | JOHN G. SHODRON |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/7/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Three-story dark red brick building with original storefronts rises to four stories at corner and on Milwaukee Ave. side, incorporating the 1915 Black Hawk Tavern. The original three-story Green Mountain House was a social center in Fort Atkinson. In 1915 the Black Hawk Tavern was constructed next door on Milwaukee Ave. In a later Jacobean Revival style it featured stone-trimmed multi-centered arched windows on the first floor, a hanging canopy over the door, a gable roof with dormers and a castellated parapet. The old hotel was only used for overflow until 1929 when it was demolished to make way for the large corner addition to the Black Hawk Tavern. The combined structure served as Fort Atkinson's major hostelry for many years thereafter. 2019 - Resurveyed - appearance unchanged. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Fort Atkinson Daily Jefferson County Union 7/17/1997. Fort Atkinson Daily Jefferson County Union 7/30/1998. Fort Atkinson Daily Jefferson County Union 5/14/1999. (A) J.C. Union 9/17/1915; 11/26/1915; 7/26/1929. (B) Building Permit. (C) Fort Atkinson Picturesque Personalities V. II, p. 26. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |