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W4000 COUNTY HIGHWAY M

Architecture and History Inventory
W4000 COUNTY HIGHWAY M | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:General store and post office
Other Name:Stelloh's Country Store/Village Tavern/Nick's Bar
Contributing:
Reference Number:230682
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):W4000 COUNTY HIGHWAY M
County:La Crosse
City:
Township/Village:Barre
Unincorporated Community:Barre Mills
Town:16
Range:6
Direction:W
Section:28
Quarter Section:NW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NE
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1870
Additions:
Survey Date:2015
Historic Use:general store
Architectural Style:Side Gabled
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:Built circa 1870, the subject building has served as a general store, post office, grocery story, laundry and dry cleaner, and tavern. An oak bar and back bar located in the building since the late-nineteenth-century was sold and removed in 2006. From 1967 to 1992, the building was occupied by Stelloh’s Country Store. Thereafter, it was remodeled to serve as the Village Tavern and, since 2001, it was renamed Nick’s Bar.

2015- "This two-story, side-gabled, brick building features one-story, vinyl-sided additions on its rear (north) and side (west) elevations.
Fenestration on the upper level consists of six-over-six and two-over-two, double-hung windows that appear to be wooden sash. The first floor of the primary (south) facade has been vinyl-sided and a large, modern picture window has been added. Similarly, a large modern opening and additional entrance has been installed on the first floor of the east elevation. Modern one story, wooden porches are found on the primary elevation of this building and the one-stoty addition to the west. The interior features modern finishes and fixtures.

Built circa 1870, the subject building has served as a general store, post office, grocery story, laundry/dry cleaner, and tavern. An oak bar and back bar located in the building since the late-nineteenth-century were sold and removed in 2006. From 1967 to 1992, the building was occupied by Stelloh's Country Store. Thereafter, it was remodeled to serve as the Village Tavern and, since 2001, it was renamed Nick's Bar."
-"CTH M, CTH O (south) to CTH B (north)", WisDOT #5436-00-01, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Vogel/McQuillen), (2015).
Bibliographic References:Randy Erickson, ed., "Ebay bidder from Virginia buys bar from Barre Mills tavern for $25,000," Coulee News, 20 April 2006.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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