Property Record
5221 USH 51
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hotel Mercer |
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| Other Name: | Anchor Inn |
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| Reference Number: | 79572 |
| Location (Address): | 5221 USH 51 |
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| County: | Iron |
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| Township/Village: | Mercer |
| Unincorporated Community: | MERCER |
| Town: | 43 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 36 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2008 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Wood |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | RESURVEYED 2008: MAIN ENTRANCE HAS BEEN ALTERED WITH IN-FILL WINDOWS AND BUBBLE AWNING; SECOND FLOOR WINDOWS CHANGED TO SLIDING GLASS DOORS "The Hotel Mercer was built in the mid-1920s, along the still difficult but improving Highway 51. Until the 1940s, Highway 51 from Tomahawk to Mercer was a two-lane gravel and dirt road, which was better than many of the roads that faced early motorists, but still not altogether pleasant. The Hotel Mercer, run by Frank Borutta, advertised heavily in the short-lived Mercer newspaper, the Forester, and in other tourist publications, offering "Modern First-Class Rooms" and a "Restaurant serving meals at all Hours." Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey. USH 51: Beachway Dr. To CTH J (USH 51) & Local Streets, Mercer.” WHS project number 10-0835/IR. September 2008, and May 2010. C. Ahlgren, R. Bankowitz, and J. Vogel Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |