Property Record
130 E CAPITOL DRIVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hornburg Ford |
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| Other Name: | Hornburg Ford |
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| Reference Number: | 7910 |
| Location (Address): | 130 E CAPITOL DRIVE |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Hartland |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | automobile showroom |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Another map code for this building is WK 49/2, found on the DOT Hartland map. Historical Background: The Spring City Auto Company of Waukesha, originally located in the Opera House, was the first automobile dealer in Hartland. It started business in c. 1914. E. A. Sinner, the owner, put B. G. Schneiger in charge of selling autos, while he retained supervision of the shop. Schneider and Hamilton Salsich pruchased the business, which had acquired the Ford franchise, from Spinner in 1918 and renamed it S & S Motor and Service. Later that year they moved the enterprise into a new building next to the Victor Theater. Schneider sold the dealership to William C. Hornburg, a former proprietor of the Halfway House on Bluemound Road, in 1922. Hornburg expanded the garage, adding a one hundred twenty-nine by fifty-five foot, two floor extension in 1924. A later expansion took over the old Victor Theater. The company grew to include a tractor and implement division that was located at 114-116 Cottonwood (now demolished). It has since been discontinued. Hornburg continues to thrive today, although its Hartland operation was recently merged with their Oconomowoc dealership. (See Bib. Ref. A, B, C, D, E, F, G). Historical Significance: Although Hornburg Ford had a presence in Hartland for over sixty years, that fact alone does not justify nomination under criterion A. No other information has yet been found to justify historical significance under criterion B. Description: This one story Tudor/Elizabethian Revival styled automobile showroom features a concrete foundation, a concrete block and brick exterior, and an asphalt shingled hip roof. False half-timbering adds decorative detail to the area above the brick walls. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Hartland News, 11/21/1914. B. Hartland News, 10/09/1915. C. Hartland News, 05/11/1918. D. Hartland News, 11/16/1918. E. Hartland News, 07/15/1922. F. Hartland News, 04/19/1924. G. Hartland News, 01/16/1948. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |