Maintenance Outages: our website is experiencing some issues with pages loading as we undergo maintenance, please check back soon

1147 SHERIDAN RD/STATE HIGHWAY 32 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1147 SHERIDAN RD/STATE HIGHWAY 32

Architecture and History Inventory
1147 SHERIDAN RD/STATE HIGHWAY 32 | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Beach-Aire Motel (paired units)
Other Name:Beach-Aire Motel (paired units)
Contributing:
Reference Number:118674
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1147 SHERIDAN RD/STATE HIGHWAY 32
County:Kenosha
City:
Township/Village:Somers
Unincorporated Community:
Town:2
Range:23
Direction:E
Section:7
Quarter Section:SE
Quarter/Quarter Section:SE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1952
Additions:
Survey Date:19992023
Historic Use:hotel/motel
Architectural Style:One Story Cube
Structural System:
Wall Material:Composition Board
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:These paired units feature a hipped roof and are covered with both board siding and a stone veneer. Porthole windows occupy each units primary facade and rectangular sliding windows are located throughout the remainder of the structure. Each doorway is topped with a vinyl awning. 2023: The Beach Aire Motel property consists of eight buildings including the office, main motel block, garage, and five paired rental units. The paired units were constructed between 1950 and 1955. They are rectilinear buildings of various sizes that each contain two rental units. The facades are organized into five bays, with two modern entrance doors separated by three circular windows. The units are frame buildings with stone veneer on the bottom third of the walls and aluminum siding above. The units have hip roofs with overhanging eaves and additional vinyl replacement windows on the secondary elevations. See associated resources AHI #118673 and 118675
Bibliographic References:THE CONSTRUCTION DATE WAS FOUND TO BE BETWEEN 1952-1956 FROM MOTEL GUIDES/COUNTY DIRECTORIES.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the record you were looking for, or have other questions about historic preservation, please email us and we can help:

If you have an update, correction, or addition to a record, please include this in your message:

  • AHI number
  • Information to be added or changed
  • Source information

Note: When providing a historical fact, such as the story of a historic event or the name of an architect, be sure to list your sources. We will only create or update a property record if we can verify a submission is factual and accurate.

How to Cite

For the purposes of a bibliography entry or footnote, follow this model:

Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory Citation
Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, "Historic Name", "Town", "County", "State", "Reference Number".