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203 DEWITT

Historic Name:
Geisler's Cigar Factory

Other Name:
Coin-Op Laundry

Reference Number:
41517

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Property Location

Location (Address)

203 DEWITT

County

Columbia

City/Village

Portage

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1896

Additions

Survey Date

1992

Historic Use

small retail building

Architectural Style

Italianate

Structural System

Brick

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

Parapet with corbeling and dentils; round arch lintel with keystone and corbel stop; string course with dentiuls between floors; two entrances with transom on either side of display window. Dave Eulberg (1993) remembered it as part of Barker Lumber Co. Charles Geiseler operated a cigar factory at 203 DeWitt (25/1) by 1901 and perhaps as early as 1896 to about 1910. In 1910 through 1918 and probably through 1920, he moved to 211 DeWitt (25/3). Additional functions of the building at 203 DeWitt are not identified.

Bibliographic References

Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 1929, 1918: Store 1910, 1901: cigar factory (building replaced by 1901) 1894: gunsmith (one story building) 1889: waterworks office 1885: gunsmith Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- C.F. Mohr owned building 1898-1930. L.G. Beaver Est. owned building prior from 1875 to 1895. The building was constructed in 1896-1898. Directories: 1955: York-Barker Lumber Co. (201 DeWitt) (Johnson Printing Co.) 1929: 203: Miss Ella E. Conklin-no identification (Smith-Baumann Direc. Co.) 1917-18: 203: Miss Augusta Schulze (Farrell) 1910: Charles Gieseler, cigar manufacturer at 211 DeWitt no 203 (Voshardt) 1908-09: Giesler, Charles E., cigar manu. (S.H. Moore & Co.) 1895-96: Charles Gieseler, cigar manu. no address given (R.L. Polk & Co.) (no list in 1893-94)

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Portage Retail Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Apr 27, 1995

State Register Listing Date

Oct 24, 1994

Contributing

Yes

small retail building Italianate

Columbia
County

Portage
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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