Property Record
204 N 8TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hotel Manitowoc |
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| Other Name: | VILLA MARITIME |
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| Reference Number: | 26712 |
| Location (Address): | 204 N 8TH ST |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Manitowoc |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852022 |
| Historic Use: | hotel/motel |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Martin Tullgren & Sons |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Eighth Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/17/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Partly altered facade, entry with garlands. This eight story hotel was built in 1927 as the Hotel Manitowoc and home of the First National Bank. Later Manitowoc Motor Hotel. Although relatively unadorned, a number of Mediterranean features are found in the ornamentation including terra cotta balconettes on the top floor, arched panels over top floor windows and rope type pilasters on the northeast and southeast corners. The first floor contained large showcase windows (now filled in) framed by tile pilasters with patterned tile entablature on the east and south facades. First National Bank used to be on the first floor. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. County Tax Rolls. Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter 1/30/2002. Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter 8/7/2003. "S. Minard Tullgren Hurt At Manitowoc," The Milwaukee Journal, 28 May 1927, page 5. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |