| Additional Information: | 2014- "The Riverside Motel is an "L" shaped complex comprised of three distinct pruts, the first two of which were associated with the
original motel operation. The first is a linear component that is sheathed with stucco, contains the original ten motel rooms and
extends in a straight line from the n01th nmthwest to the south southeast. It is parallel to STH 27 and has a gently pitched, shed
roof with a prominent eave. The roof slopes east to west. Each room is defined by a modern, casement window and a door with
decorative, vertically placed boards directly above. At the south southeast end of that building, and projecting to the east
northeast is the second component, a two-story structure that contains both the motel office and a rental apartment upstairs. It is
also characterized by a stucco finish on the first floor, but the second-floor gables are sheathed with vertical board. Each of the
two roof planes has a prominent gabled dormer clad with clapboard. This building component also has ornamentation, including
bargeboards and pendants, that convey a sense of Alpine-type character. Projecting to the west southwest of the original ten
rooms is the third element, a linear addition that faces the Namekagon River to the south southeast and contains five more rooms.
Entry doors are on the north northwest side of that building, while sliding patio doors and a porch face the river.
Built to take advantage of the growing recreational interest in the Hayward area, Harry Watral in 1955 moved to the community,
married Marion Leisch and constructed the Riverside Motel. The Watrals are understood to have sold the property circa 1960,
after their son Wayne was born. Ownership following the Watrals is uncertain, although sometime in the 1960s or 70s the second
floor was added to the originally flat-roofed office building. The wing facing the Namekagon River, with its five rooms, was also
constructed in the 1970s. Horst and Elisabeth Braeuner bought the business in 1995. They added the dormers to the second floor
of the office building, as well as all of the Alpine detailing. They recently remodeled that second floor area into a 700+ square
foot suite."
- "STH 27, Michigan Avenue to Railroad Street", WisDOT ID #8140-00-00, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Vogel) (2014).
Previous owners include Lilly and Gunther Schmidt, Bonnie and Bon Schweitzer, and Elisabeth Braeuner. |
|---|
