Property Record
160 SOUTH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Julius F Goetz Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 220108 |
| Location (Address): | 160 SOUTH ST |
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| County: | Washington |
| City: | Hartford |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Sanborn maps indicate that the house and industrial building were constructed sometime between 1907 and 1913. The 1913 map shows the industrial building as the Julius F. Goetz Lightning Rod Factory. Goetz was born on 12 September 1874 in the Town of Hartford. After working on his father’s farm, he was a partner in the Neu, Endres & Goetz Hardware Store. He was also president of the Leach & Christenson firm (auto dealership/garage) and was an original organizer of the International Stamping Company in Hartford. However, his primary business beginning in 1909 was as the head of the J.F. Goetz Manufacturing Company, which made lightening rods and cable. He held at least fourteen U.S. patents, of which most were related to lightening rods or automotive parts. He designed and built his own machines that spun lightening rod cable. By the time of his death in 1951, Goetz’s firm was one of only two lightening rod factories in Wisconsin and one of twenty nationally. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building File--160 South St, Hartford History Room, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, WI. "Architecture/History Survey of STH 83," WisDOT #1330-24-00, Prepared by Heritage Research (2011). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |