Property Record
629 E SILVER SPRING DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hannahar Corporation Building |
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| Reference Number: | 184962 |
| Location (Address): | 629 E SILVER SPRING DR |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Whitefish Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1950 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| 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: | The Raydon Variety Store opened in 1947 at the southeast corner of Silver Spring Drive and Hollywood Avenue. Owned by Harold Klan of the Hannahar Corporation, the building was constructed for $20,000. The store was named after Klann’s children, Ray and Donna; while the Hannahar Corporation was named after his aunt, Hanna, and himself. In 1950, the company built a three-story building for $135,000 immediately east of the variety store. It originally had two storefronts on the ground level with eleven apartments and the Hannahar Corporation offices on the two stories above. By 1956, the Raydon Variety Store moved into the storefront of the new building. The space it vacated was converted into The Grand department store, its third location in the Milwaukee area. By the 1980s, the variety store was sold to the Winkie’s Variety Store chain, as it remains operated to this day. The space occupied by The Grand was since been converted into three separate storefronts. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building permit records on file at Whitefish Bay Village Hall. Whitefish Bay Historical Research Project. Volume 13. Mimi Bird Collection, Whitefish Bay: Whitefish Bay Public Library |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |