Property Record
N88 W16495 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HOENIG AND LOHN CLOTHING STORE |
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| Other Name: | BETSY'S RESTAURANT |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 8089 |
| Location (Address): | N88 W16495 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Menomonee Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | restaurant |
| Architectural Style: | Two Story Cube |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/21/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of Menominee Falls |
| Additional Information: | CLASSICAL ENTRY. Rear addition and east wing were added before 1910. North addition was completed in the 1950s. By 1860, Francis Hoenig established his tailor shop in the buildinh utilized presently as Betsy's Restaurant. He had been in business since at least 1857. A Prussian immigrant, he married the daughter of Francis Waterlin, owner of a hotel in Menomonee Falls next to which he placed his building. By 1876, and maybe as early as 1873, his business was listed as the "hoenig and Lohn Clothing Store", suggesting that he not only operated as a craftsman but also as a retailer of clothing. As early as 1870, the Federal Census listed his business as a manufacturing establishment. In that year, Hoenig and one employee produced 50 coats, 150 vests and 150 pants worth a total of $1,250.93. By 1879, Francis Hoenig is listed separately from W. Lohn, then a retailer of boots and shoes. According to tax records, L. Debus owned the building from 1885 until his death in 1895. Witting and Gettlemen owned the building by 1900. The Gettleman Brewing Co. maintained a tavern in the building from prior to 1910 to the 1920s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic name, date of construction: property abstract. Waukesha Freeman 5/7/1874. Waukesha Freeman 7/23/1885. Waukesha Freeman 6/4/1903. 1910, 1925 Sanborn-Perris map. Interview with Betsy Thierbach 4/10/1986. Tax records. Murphy and Co., 1876: 246. Strickland and Co., 1857. William Hogg, 1879: 289. Interview with Elton McGee 4/9/1986. Census records 1860. Census records 1870. Menomonee Falls News 10/10/1919. Waukesha Co. Land Records, 10/29: 396. Waukesha Co. Land Records, 10/27: 345. Walsh, 1972: 21,23. Nesbit, 1979: 155. Johnson, 1981: 26-28, 35-37. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |