Property Record
2922-2926 ATWOOD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Schlitz Hotel |
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| Reference Number: | 94866 |
| Location (Address): | 2922-2926 ATWOOD AVE |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Madison |
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| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Additions: | 1926 |
| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | hotel/motel |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| 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: | Built in 1904 as the Schlitz Hotel. From 1916 until 1925 Thomas Bewick ran it as the Fair Oaks Hotel. A livery was connected to the hotel where people parked their horses and cutters while they attended church at nearby St. Bernard's. Later the building served briefly as a hardware store and a Kroger's grocery store. In 1930 it became a Weinschel's Department store, a well-known local business operated by Adolph and Janet Weinschel until 1968. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Madison Landmarks Commission & the Atwood Community Center, Schenk's-Atwood Neighborhood: A Walking Tour, 1987. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |