Property Record
401-403 N BROADWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Hoffman House Hotel |
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| Other Name: | Fort Howard Inn |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 29805 |
| Location (Address): | 401-403 N BROADWAY |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852021 |
| Historic Use: | hotel/motel |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Older hotel building with single cornice with inset brick panels forming a freize below. All windows on the second floor have segmental arched windows with corbelled brick hoods and retain their original 2/1 light configuration. First floor window are identical in form but taller. There is a corner store in the southeast corner of the building with the original display windows facing on Broadway now boarded over. There are four arcaded windows around the corner. City of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report Phase 1 - 2021 The main entrance on Broadway has a deeply inset entrance door with paneled sides and a transom over the door. H. P. Hoffman established a hotel on the west side of Green Bay, what was then the City of Fort Howard, in 1872. He sold the property one year later and constructed a new hotel, located at 401 N. Broadway, in 1875. Hoffman then sold the new hotel to Joe LaBelle, who renamed it the Grand Central. However, the property was still referred to as the Hoffman House for some time. By 1907, the building was known as the Lake Shore House and still operated as a hotel. The Hoffman House Hotel was included in the survey but is not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Brown County Tax Rolls. B. Brown County Register of Deeds. C. Green Bay City Directory, 1881. D. French, Bella, History of Brown County, 1876, p. 313. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |