Property Record
3905 E PIONEER RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Sunset Resort |
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| Other Name: | Sunset Resort (house/office) |
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| Reference Number: | 132445 |
| Location (Address): | 3905 E PIONEER RD |
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| County: | Vilas |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Conover |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 41 |
| Range: | 10 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 25 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1950 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | resort/health spa |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Helen and Joe Sawicki began this small resort by building four housekeeping cottages in the late 1940s and adding the main house/office, as well as a final cottage in 1950 (structures are sheathed with either board or drop siding). The Sawickis originally hailed from Chicago; however, they later moved to Milwaukee where Joe worked as a millwright and Helen was employed with Briggs & Stratton. in 1969, Ed and Elaine Reimer, along with thier sister and brother-in-law Wayne and Audrey Hoerchner, purchased the resort (Elaine had previously visited conover as a teenager when the Sawickis owned the property). The Reimers eventually bought out the Hoerchners and they continue to operate the resort today. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Conversation with Elaine Reimer, Current owner of Sunset Resort, June 2004. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |