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145 S FRANKLIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
145 S FRANKLIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:B.H. Garfield House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:22217
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):145 S FRANKLIN ST
County:Shawano
City:Shawano
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1908
Additions:
Survey Date:20002023
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
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:3 STORY ROUND CNR TOWER W/BELL CAST ROOF. PORCH W/GROUPED IONIC COLUMNS & SPINDLE WORK RAILING. WIDE MOULDED AND RETURNED EAVES. WOOD SHINGLED DORMER W/ROUND ARCHED WINDOW W/KEYSTONE MOTIF. DORMER OVER 2ND FLR WOOD SHINGLED BAY FLANKED BY IONIC PILASTERS. 2023: Resurveyed for the Franklin Street - W. Green Bay Street Residential Historic District DOE, the porch is enclosed with wood screens and turned wood railings. Byron H. Garfield was an early post carrier and stagecoach driver between Shawano and Clintonville. He was appointed Shawano’s postmaster in 1913. Later that year, he and his wife, Minnie, purchased the Northwestern Hotel. They successfully operated the building for many years as the Murdock Hotel (House). Minnie was a charter member of both the local Eastern Star chapter and local Woman’s Club.
Bibliographic References:Shawano Real Estate Tax Rolls. 2023: “Short Notes,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, April 10, 1913 “Buys the Hotel,” Green Bay Semi-Weekly Gazette, July 30, 1913 “Mrs. Minnie Steinke Succumbs at Shawano,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 21, 1940
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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