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904 E Main St

Historic Name:
Bartles-Maguire Oil Company Service Station

Other Name:
Zwieg's Grill

Reference Number:
245581

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Property Location

Location (Address)

904 E Main St

County

Jefferson

City/Village

Watertown

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

8

Range

15

Direction

E

Section

4

Quarter Section

NE

Quarter Quarter Section

NE

Property Features

Year Built

1925

Additions

Survey Date

2023

Historic Use

gas station/service station

Architectural Style

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

2023: This one-story, vernacular commercial building was constructed as the Bartles-Maguire Oil Company Service Station in 1925. The original structure has a rectangular footprint, brick walls, and a steeply pitched, side-gabled roof sheathed in asphalt shingles. The roof contains a shed-roof dormer inset with an illuminated clock. Above the dormer, a sign reads “ZWIEG’S.” The reconfigured main entrance faces Main Street and is sheltered under a flat awning. The façade (west elevation) has a stone veneer and contains a large, metal frame picture window. The entrance is incorporated into a one-story, brick-clad, L-shaped addition that spans the north (side) elevation and continues around the east (rear) elevation. The addition has a flat roof with a false front mansard awning on the façade. There is a one-story, wood clad addition extending from the southwest corner of the building that contains a secondary entrance. Although opened as a gas station in 1925, the building has housed Zwieg’s Grill since 1946, nearly 80 years.

Bibliographic References

“Zwieg’s Grill,” Articles, Watertown Historical Society, accessed February 14, 2023, http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/Zwiegs.htm.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

gas station/service station

Jefferson
County

Watertown
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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