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973 MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
973 MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:KIMLARK INN (1924-1963) / MARYHILL MANOR (1964-1988)
Other Name:RED BRICK INN
Contributing:
Reference Number:22946
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):973 MAIN ST
County:Marinette
City:Niagara
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1923
Additions:
Survey Date:20082016
Historic Use:lodging-inn
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:BOARDING HOUSE BUILT BY KIMBERLY CLARK PAPER MILL TO HOUSE 100 MEN. ORIGINAL PORCH NOT EXTANT; NEW DECK AND REMODELED PORCH; METAL TRANSFORMED MAIN ENTRY DOOR W/ SIDELIGHTS; SHAPED PARAPET W/ MITERED ARCH MOTIFS & CONCRETE COPING 8/1 WINDOWS* [Date Cnst:(EARLY DAYS IN NIAGARA)]

Replaced an older building closer to the mill called the Grandview Hotel. By 1964, the Kimberly-Clark company no longer wished to own the Kimlark Inn and donated it to the Sister Servants of Christ the King for a nursing home and retirement home they called Maryhill Manor. By November of that year, the sisters had converted the old hotel into a nursing home. A local volunteer group was active at the home. By the mid 1980s, the multi-story building no longer efficiently served the needs of a modern nursing home and plans were made for a one-story facility on the northeast side of the community. This facility was completed in 1988. Since that time, the building has been privately owned and used as commercial space.

2016 - appearance unchanged
Bibliographic References:"EARLY DAYS IN NIAGARA" "NIAGARA, WISCONSIN, 1964" #28;Architecture/History Survey.#29; 2008. Prepared by Carol Lohry Cartwright.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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