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145 S FRANKLIN ST

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145 S FRANKLIN ST

Historic Name:
B.H. Garfield House

Other Name:

Reference Number:
22217

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Property Location

Location (Address)

145 S FRANKLIN ST

County

Shawano

City/Village

Shawano

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1908

Additions

Survey Date

2000,2023

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Queen Anne

Structural System

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

3 STORY ROUND CNR TOWER W/BELL CAST ROOF. PORCH W/GROUPED IONIC COLUMNS & SPINDLE WORK RAILING. WIDE MOULDED AND RETURNED EAVES. WOOD SHINGLED DORMER W/ROUND ARCHED WINDOW W/KEYSTONE MOTIF. DORMER OVER 2ND FLR WOOD SHINGLED BAY FLANKED BY IONIC PILASTERS. 2023: Resurveyed for the Franklin Street - W. Green Bay Street Residential Historic District DOE, the porch is enclosed with wood screens and turned wood railings. Byron H. Garfield was an early post carrier and stagecoach driver between Shawano and Clintonville. He was appointed Shawano’s postmaster in 1913. Later that year, he and his wife, Minnie, purchased the Northwestern Hotel. They successfully operated the building for many years as the Murdock Hotel (House). Minnie was a charter member of both the local Eastern Star chapter and local Woman’s Club.

Bibliographic References

Shawano Real Estate Tax Rolls. 2023: “Short Notes,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 10, 1913 “Buys the Hotel,” Green Bay Semi-Weekly Gazette, July 30, 1913 “Mrs. Minnie Steinke Succumbs at Shawano,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 21, 1940

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

Yes

house Queen Anne

Shawano
County

Shawano
Community

1900-1909
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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