Property Record
235 MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | WHITE TOWER RESTAURANT |
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| Other Name: | DE"PIZZA CHEF" |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 21421 |
| Location (Address): | 235 MAIN ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Historic Use: | restaurant/supper club |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Old Main Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 8/11/1987 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | SQUARE 1-1/2 STORY CNR ENTRANCE TOWERWHITE GLAZED CERAMIC TILE FACADE W/ BLACK BRICK TILE TRIM TRANSOMED DOOR ROUND ARCH WINDOW IN TOWER TOWER W/ CORBELLED CORNICE AND CNR PILASTERS The White Tower System was one of the first short-order food chain in the country. Its restaurants served freshly brewed coffee, doughnuts for breakfast, ham sandwiches, pie, soda pop, but their five-cent hamburgers were their main attraction. The first White Tower opened in Milwaukee in November of 1926. It was open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, right from the begging as were all the other which followed. This one was built in 1929 and was operated here by White Tower System until 1964. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Old Main Street Historic District Walking Tour Guide, 1990 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |