Property Record
13 SILVER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MCRANIELS BAR |
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| Other Name: | MR. NASTY'S |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 80428 |
| Location (Address): | 13 SILVER ST |
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| County: | Iron |
| City: | Hurley |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Twentieth Century Commercial |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| 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: | 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. "Built by Joseph McRaniels, this bar was also a hotel -- in 1942, McRaniels Hotel had 10 rooms for transients. McRaniels appears to have gotten out of the hotel business by the end of World War II. McRaniels was the only non-Italian tavern owner in this block, but people of several nationalities had bars on Silver Street." Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated.] According to a relative, Joseph McRaniels name was Guiseppi Ranieri, and he was in fact Italian. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 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 |