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20-22 S MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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20-22 S MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
20-22 S MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Republican House Hotel / Holle House Hotel
Other Name:Pour House Tavern
Contributing:
Reference Number:220149
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):20-22 S MAIN ST
County:Washington
City:Hartford
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1906
Additions:
Survey Date:20112018
Historic Use:lodging-hotel
Architectural Style:Commercial Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Joseph Hutter (carpenter)
Other Buildings On Site:N
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:The Republican House Hotel was built in 1906 by Arnold Daniels. It was constructed by Joseph Hutter. In 1909, Daniels trading the hotel to Henry J. Holle for a 180-acre farm in the nearby Town of Erin. Holle did plan a third floor addition that would increase hotel capacity by sixteen rooms, but it was never built. The first floor originally contained a dining room for hotel patrons, but it later was converted to a restaurant and then a tavern. From 1940 until 1954, the building was known as the Holle Tavern & Hotel, and the Towne Club-Towne House from 1954 to 1964. From 1950 until 1979, the building also contained a laundromat, café and then a beauty salon before the Pour House (a tavern) took over the building’s entire first floor.
Bibliographic References:Building File, Hartford History Room, Hartford Public Library, Hartford, WI. "History/Architecture Survey of STH 83", WisDOT #1330-24-00, Prepared by Heritage Research (2011).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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