Property Record
200 - 204 E Wall St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Holprin's Better Foods |
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| Other Name: | Holprin's Super Valu |
| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 246809 |
| Location (Address): | 200 - 204 E Wall St |
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| County: | Vilas |
| City: | Eagle River |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Additions: | 1939C. 1962 1990 |
| Survey Date: | 2023 |
| Historic Use: | lodging-hotel |
| Architectural Style: | Rustic Style |
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| Wall Material: | Log |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Eagle River Downtown Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/6/2025 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2024 |
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| Additional Information: | 2024: This building was originally built c1890 as the Hotel Veronica. It was later called the Hotel Smith (1898) and finally, as Hotel Austin. In 1922, the building was purchased by Dunphy & Holzman and it served as their wholesale fruit business, Based on available photographs and the updated 1939 Sanborn map, the third floor was removed between 1938 and 1939. The building served as a grocery store, owned and operated by the Holperin family, from the 1920s until 1973. The one-story addition was added c 1962-63. It was then leased by Schultz Bros. Variety Store, following the fire that destroyed the Wall Street building they had been in, The log exterior was added in the 1990s. Please note that the actual surname is spelled Holperin, while the business name dropped the “e” and was spelled Holprin. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Advertisement (Hotel Veronica), Eagle River Review, 28 June 1890, 1 “Putting in New Front,” The Vilas County News, 29 November 1922, 8. Historic photo, 1938, in possession of the Eagle RIver Area Historical Society. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of Eagle River, Wis., 1924, updated to 1939. Jim Holperin, Conversation with Traci E. Schnell, 31 August 2023. “Schultz Bros. New Store at Holperins is Big Expansion,” Vilas County News-Review, 19 April 1973, 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |