207 SILVER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

207 SILVER ST

Architecture and History Inventory
207 SILVER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:GOGEBIC MEAT & PROVISIONING CO.
Other Name:HURLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Contributing:
Reference Number:80436
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):207 SILVER ST
County:Iron
City:Hurley
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1887
Additions:
Survey Date:1996
Historic Use:retail building
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:"This building replaced a structure that caused one of Hurley's disastrous 1887 fires. Built by the Gogebic Meat & Provisioning Co. to replace their original building, this impressive structure is actually a wooden building with a single layer of brick skin. This veneer was applied to many of Silver Street's buildings between 1887 and 1920, often due to a city ordinance passed after one fire that prohibited new wood buildings on Silver Street. Since they had to be shipped in from elsewhere, bricks were expensive in Hurley, so most buildings were only veneered in brick, not built of them entirely. In the 1920s, and 1930s, this became known as the Lincoln Hotel, a hotel and rooming house for visitors and single residents." Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated.
Bibliographic References:Iron County Heritage Area, Historic Touring Guide & Map to Iron County: Wisconsin's Vacation Paradise, not dated.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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