Property Record
228 N 6th Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | The Washington House Hotel |
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| Other Name: | Mermac Theatre |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 14664 |
| Location (Address): | 228 N 6th Ave |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | West Bend |
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| Year Built: | 1864 |
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| Survey Date: | 19872022 |
| Historic Use: | hotel/motel |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | West Bend Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/17/2023 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/18/2022 |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Another map code for this building is WT 19/5 found on the DOT West Bend map. This three story building, designed in the Italianate style, features a rectangular shaped plan configuration, a cream brick exterior, a cream brick and wood shingled trim and a flat roof. The roofline is accented with a parapet. Over the third story windows are round arched carved panels and brick lintels. The second story windows contain arches some of which are stilted and others of which are plain and segmentally arched; all of these windows have brick lintels. This hotel and restaurant building, which is in fair condition, has had its first floor and its roofline altered. This building was constructed to replace an 1852 frame hotel which had been destroyed by fire on January 1, 1864. This current building opened on October 15, 1864. It was supposedly the first brick building in West Bend. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976). WEST BEND DAILY NEWS 7/13/1994. Washington County History and Driving Tours presented by the Washington County Landmarks Commission, 1999. West Bend Historic Building Tour, Rathbun Associates, undated. The date of construction is identified in the biographical sketch for B. Goetter in the History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin (1881), 559. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |