Property Record
131 S WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Al's Hamburger |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 233447 |
| Location (Address): | 131 S WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1940 |
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| Survey Date: | 2017 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Green Bay Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/13/2019 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/16/2018 |
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| Additional Information: | 2017-NRHP District Nomination Al’s Hamburger was established in 1934 by Al Rank and operated out of nearby 125 S. Washington Street during its first few years of business. Sometime between 1939 and 1941 the purpose-built Al’s Hamburger building was constructed at 131 S. Washington (per 1939 & 1941 City Directories). Al Rank’s son operated the restaurant up through 2012, and the Rank family sold the business in 2016. This simple, one-story, vernacular commercial style building has a doorway at left and a single rectangular window at right. The building’s façade is covered in stucco with a fine worm finish. While the building may have always had a stucco exterior, the current stucco is not original. A fire in 2011 gutted the interior of the building, leaving the exterior largely intact. The interior has since been reconstructed and the restaurant continues in its original business capacity today. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Wright City Directories; (B) “Al’s hamburger restaurant sold,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, 07 July 2016; (C) “Al’s Hamburger reopens Tuesday downtown,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, 15 Aug 2016 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |