203 DEWITT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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203 DEWITT

Architecture and History Inventory
203 DEWITT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Geisler's Cigar Factory
Other Name:Coin-Op Laundry
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:41517
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):203 DEWITT
County:Columbia
City:Portage
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1896
Additions:
Survey Date:1992
Historic Use:small retail building
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:Brick
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Portage Retail Historic District
National Register Listing Date:4/27/1995
State Register Listing Date:10/24/1994
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Parapet with corbeling and dentils; round arch lintel with keystone and corbel stop; string course with dentiuls between floors; two entrances with transom on either side of display window. Dave Eulberg (1993) remembered it as part of Barker Lumber Co. Charles Geiseler operated a cigar factory at 203 DeWitt (25/1) by 1901 and perhaps as early as 1896 to about 1910. In 1910 through 1918 and probably through 1920, he moved to 211 DeWitt (25/3). Additional functions of the building at 203 DeWitt are not identified.
Bibliographic References:Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 1929, 1918: Store 1910, 1901: cigar factory (building replaced by 1901) 1894: gunsmith (one story building) 1889: waterworks office 1885: gunsmith Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- C.F. Mohr owned building 1898-1930. L.G. Beaver Est. owned building prior from 1875 to 1895. The building was constructed in 1896-1898. Directories: 1955: York-Barker Lumber Co. (201 DeWitt) (Johnson Printing Co.) 1929: 203: Miss Ella E. Conklin-no identification (Smith-Baumann Direc. Co.) 1917-18: 203: Miss Augusta Schulze (Farrell) 1910: Charles Gieseler, cigar manufacturer at 211 DeWitt no 203 (Voshardt) 1908-09: Giesler, Charles E., cigar manu. (S.H. Moore & Co.) 1895-96: Charles Gieseler, cigar manu. no address given (R.L. Polk & Co.) (no list in 1893-94)
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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