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Property Record

205 W MAIN ST

Historic Name:
UNION HOUSE
Other Name:
VILLAGE INN
Reference Number:
12407

Property Location

Location (Address)
205 W MAIN ST
County
Racine
City/Village
Rochester
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1843
Additions
Survey Date
1975
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Fieldstone
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
RETURNED EAVES AND CHIMNEY AT EACH GABLEDOOR W/ TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTSREAR WING COVERED IN GROUT

Some sources have cited the building, which now houses a restaurant, as being a link on the Underground Railroad. However, actual evidence has not been found, and the method cited for supposedly getting fugitives into and out of the building- a tunnel to the Fox River, which would have had to be several hundred feet long and go under three buildings, a road, and a factory building- appears unlikely.
Bibliographic References
BUR SPUR OF WISCONSIN'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, BROCHURE.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Not Listed
National Register Listing Date
State Register Listing Date
Contributing
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