Property Record
801, 803 & 805 Pine Street, 525 Kendall Street
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Henry Plate Hotel |
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| Reference Number: | 10623 |
| Location (Address): | 801, 803 & 805 Pine Street, 525 Kendall Street |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Burlington |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 20052011 |
| Historic Use: | inn |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS BUILDING RISES FROM A QUARRIED STONE FOUNDATION. SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS ORIGINAL STOREFRONT. SANBORN MAPS SUGGEST CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN 1892 AND 1898. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SALOON, AND THERE IS SPECULATION AS TO WHETHER IT SERVED ADDITIONALLY AS A HOTEL FOR RAILROAD PASSENGERS. Originally surveyed 1975, Roll 17B, Frame 5, DOT Burlington Map. Henry Plate, previously a shoemaker, constructed a building on the corner of Pine and Kendall streets in which to open a hotel and tavern in 1890 at 801, 803 & 805 Pine Street and 525 Kendall Street. A 22- by 20-foot addition was constructed onto the west side of the building in 1893. In 1908, Plate sold the business to his son-in-law, William Heidermann, who owned a saloon on the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Pine Street. However, Heidermann sold the hotel back to Plate in 1913. After Plate’s death later that year, the property was purchased by William Forge. During Prohibition, Forge renovated the tavern into an ice cream parlor and sweet shop. After Forge’s death in 1922, the tavern was rented and a saloon was operated there by Urban Schemmer. Later, the building housed the Y-Go-By Tavern. In 1974, John Robbins opened a judo and karate school in the building which today is occupied by Alcoholic Anonymous of Burlington. |
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| Bibliographic References: | General Files. On file at the Burlington Historical Society, Burlington, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |