Property Record
615-617 6TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FIRST KLINKERT BUILDING |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 24610 |
| Location (Address): | 615-617 6TH ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Historic Sixth Street Business District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/24/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. ERNST KLINKERT (1844-1936) WAS BORN IN FRANKFURT. WHEN HE WAS EIGHTEEN HE MIGRATED FROM GERMANY TO THE UNITED STATES AND LIVED IN ST. LOUIS AND MILWAUKE BEFORE HE CAME TO RACINE IN THE EARLY 1870S. KLINKERT WORKED FOR VALENTINE BLATZ IN MILWAUKEE AND HAD MANAGED THE HECK BREWERY HERE IN RACINE BEFORE HE BOUGHT INTEREST IN PHILLIP E. SHELLING'S CITY BREWERY IN 1878. ONLY A YEAR LATER HE BOUGHT OUT SHELLING AND BECAME SOLE OWNER OF THE COMPANY WHICH GREW INTO THE LARGEST BREWERY IN RANICE--THE E. KLINKERT BREWING COMPANY. KLINKERT BOUGHT A NUMBER OF TAVERNS AS OUTLETS FOR HIS LOCAL BRAND. THE BUILDING AT 615 SIXTH WAS DESIGNED AS A KILINKERT TAVERN AND POOL HALL. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HISTORIC SIXTH STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE, 1990 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |