Property Record
137 - 141 W PULASKI ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | TRI-COUNTY HOTEL |
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| Other Name: | Classic's Hotel and Saloon |
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| Reference Number: | 148625 |
| Location (Address): | 137 - 141 W PULASKI ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Pulaski |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Additions: | 1929 |
| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | hotel/motel |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. 2010: This two-story, largely brick-faced building features a storefront with a recessed entry along its east (right) half, while the remaining west half includes a smaller rectangular window and a human-scale, modern wooden door with a transom above. The second floor carries a series of five, somewhat irregularly placed, sash windows; each with a solid concrete sill and a continuous header comprised of soldier brick. A secondary entry is located along its visible west elevation, while the remainder of that facade includes regularly placed sash openings on both floors. A narrow walkway separates the building from its neighbor to the east and along that east elevation is some painted ghost signage that identifies the structure as the Tri-County Hotel. Two former garages--one constructed of brick and tile (AHI#161921), the other a frame building with asbestos sheathing (AHI#161901)--have been converted to hotel/motel units and are located to the rear of the brick-faced hotel. Statement of Significance The west half of this structure is believed to have been built circa 1910 by Vincent Kryger and was known as the Tri-County Hotel. Between 1915 and 1916, the structure was #28;traded#29; by Kryger for a house on Summit Street owned by Henry Gajewski. Between 1928 and 1929, the hotel was expanded (from six rooms to twelve) and a barber shop was added; the new building was re-sheathed with red brick. The Gajewski family ran the hotel until 1989. Although the barber shop operations were discontinued some time ago, the bar is still operational and rooms are still rented out. Today it is operated by Gregg Matusczak and is known as Classics Saloon & Hotel. No evidence was found to suggest eligibility in regards to Criterion B. Regarding Criterion C, the structure does not offer any architectural styling that might otherwise suggest eligibility; however, it does offer some potential as a resource type--a hotel--the function of which it has supplied Pulaski for one hundred years. Additionally, the structure may also offer potential eligibility in regards to Criterion A, for its one hundred-year association to the history and economy of the small village of Pulaski. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sanborn Fire Ins. Map, Pulaski, 1929 Date of construction gleaned from Tax Rolls, Town of Angelica, 1906-1910, Shawano County; Tax Rolls, Village Of Pulaski, 1910-1920, then Shawano County, Both sets of tax rolls located at the Shawano County Courthouse, Shawano, WI. A citation for revision of plans for a 16-room brick hotel to be completed for Henry Gajewski by the firm of Smith & Reynolds of Manitowoc was found in The American Contractor, 4 February 1922, page 75. Presumably this did not come to fruition combined with the other information. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |