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Property Record

20-22 S MAIN ST

Historic Name:
Republican House Hotel / Holle House Hotel

Other Name:
Pour House Tavern

Reference Number:
220149

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Property Location

Location (Address)

20-22 S MAIN ST

County

Washington

City/Village

Hartford

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1906

Additions

Survey Date

2011,2018

Historic Use

lodging-hotel

Architectural Style

Commercial Vernacular

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Joseph Hutter (carpenter)

Other Buildings On Site

N

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

The Republican House Hotel was built in 1906 by Arnold Daniels. It was constructed by Joseph Hutter. In 1909, Daniels trading the hotel to Henry J. Holle for a 180-acre farm in the nearby Town of Erin. Holle did plan a third floor addition that would increase hotel capacity by sixteen rooms, but it was never built. The first floor originally contained a dining room for hotel patrons, but it later was converted to a restaurant and then a tavern. From 1940 until 1954, the building was known as the Holle Tavern & Hotel, and the Towne Club-Towne House from 1954 to 1964. From 1950 until 1979, the building also contained a laundromat, café and then a beauty salon before the Pour House (a tavern) took over the building’s entire first floor.

Bibliographic References

Building File, Hartford History Room, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, WI. "History/Architecture Survey of STH 83", WisDOT #1330-24-00, Prepared by Heritage Research (2011).

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

lodging-hotel Commercial Vernacular

Washington
County

Hartford
Community

1900-1909
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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