Property Record
7610 & 7616 W STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CHARLES JACOBUS SALOON |
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| Other Name: | BARTOLOTTA'S, Peter Piper Pancake House |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 8984 |
| Location (Address): | 7610 & 7616 W STATE ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1899 |
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| Additions: | 1902 |
| Survey Date: | 19952016 |
| Historic Use: | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | CRENELLATED CORNICE, SQUARE TOWER ON END, POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS IN 3RD FLR OF TOWER, TUDOR ARCHED WINDOWS ON 1ST FLR. PABST BREWING CO. OWNED AND OPERATED THIS SALOON. The High Victorian Gothic style Jacobus Saloon, also known as the Pabst Building, was constructed in 1899 at the corner of State Street and Harwood Avenue. Owned by Charles Jacobus, the building also contained additional retail space occupied by a grocery store, clothing store, and the Wauwatosa exchange for the local telephone company. The telephone company would move to a new location at 7405 Harwood Avenue in 1912. The Pabst Brewery affiliated saloon was in direct competition with the neighboring Miller Brewery tied house located at the Luetzow Building. The building was constructed by the mason, Fred Yahle, who also worked on the nearby Dittmar Building. A large addition for a U.S. Post Office was added to the rear of the building with an additional storefront facing State Street in 1902. The building was remodeled in 1907. Prohibition closed the saloon in 1920, and the building was occupied by Klumb’s Pharmacy from 1926 to 1939, the Paulus Pharmacy from 1949 to 1961, the Wisconsin College of Music from 1926 to 1933, and the Post Office until 1955. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |