Property Record
13275 WATERTOWN PLANK RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ELM GROVE HOTEL |
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| Other Name: | ELM GROVE INN |
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| Reference Number: | 7903 |
| Location (Address): | 13275 WATERTOWN PLANK RD |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Elm Grove |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| 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: | THE ELM GROVE HOTEL WAS BUILT, OWNED, AND OPERATED BY CHARLES REUSCH IN 1855. LATER, ITS NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE REUSCH SALOON AND STILL LATER IT WAS KNOWN AS THE REUSCH TAVERN. A HARNESS SHOP, GROCERY STORE, POST OFFICE, HOTEL AND SALOON WERE ALL CONTAINED UNDER ONE ROOF. REUSCH SERVED AS THE POSTMASTER OF ELM GROVE IN 1870 WITH HIS WIFE SERVING TWO TERMS, ONE IN THE LATE 1870S AND AGAIN IN 1886, AFTER HIS DEATH. IN 1969 LOYAL EDDY OF ELM GROVE BOUGHT THE TAVERN, REMODELED IT, AND OPENED IT AGAIN AS THE ELM GROVE INN. The B in the photo code stands for BKFD. Another map name is R. A. Smith, revised 1993. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE JOURNAL 5/1/1994. HISTORIC LANDMARK TOUR BOOK. Questers. “Architecture/History Survey.” WHS project number 08-0774/WK. April 2007. Carol Lohry Cartwright. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |