Property Record
1542 S WEBSTER AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | OTTO ALBERT WILLIAM KAAP MAUSOLEUM |
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| Reference Number: | 223246 |
| Location (Address): | 1542 S WEBSTER AVE |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1974 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery building/monument |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
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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: | Otto Albert William Kaap was born in Manistee, Michigan, in 1887. As a child, he relocated with his family to the City of Green Bay, where he began a career as a candy maker in 1914. He later founded Kaap’s Restaurant and operated it in the City of Green Bay for over 60 years. After Kaap’s death in 1974, a mausoleum was constructed to house his remains in Woodlawn Cemetery. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Heitzmann, Joseph K. “Kaaps History.” Kapp’s Old World Chocolate Register Handbook. The Graduate College- University of Wisconsin- Stout. Nov. 2001. “Otto Kaap Dies.” Lit.-Soc. Sci. Dept. Aug. 23, 1978. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |