Property Record
125 W COOK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Patrick J. Lennon Building |
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| Other Name: | D.W. Men's Wear/Sports Center |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 41766 |
| Location (Address): | 125 W COOK |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1870 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Portage Retail Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/27/1995 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/24/1994 |
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| Additional Information: | Parapet with corbeling; pilasters along corners; round arch windows and continuous sill; recessed door with altered first floor store front. Patrick Lennon established a mercantile store in 1864. He and, after his death in 1895 his son Patrick J. Lennon, operated a saloon in combination with the general store at 125 W. Cook (56/21) between 1885 and 1928. Patrick J. Lennon specialized in meats and continued to run the saloon (Jones 1914 [2]: 594; Turner, A.J. 1903: 23; Portage Daily Register 1/17/72; Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 1885; 1918; Columbia County Treasurer 1863- [1885-1925]; Polk, R.L. & Co. 1893-94; 1927-28). In 1929, Burke and Eulbreg billiards occupied the building for an unknown preiod of time. |
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| Bibliographic References: | D.W. Men's Wear was formerly Wiltz' Walgreen's drug store for years. Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 1929: pool hall 1918, 1910: groceries 1901, 1894, 1889, 1885: groceries, crockery and liquors Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- 1930: Charles McSorley Est., sold to Robert A. Monekey 1910-25: Mary A. Durick 1895-1905: Mrs. P. Lennon 1895: Patrick Lennon Estate 1885-90: Patrick Lennon 1870-80: D.A. Goodyear The rise in valuation of the property indicates construction between 1870 and 1871. Directories 1955: (125) Wilt'z Walgreen Drugstore (Johnson Printing Co.) and Harry Barnes, tailor 1948: (125) Walgreen Systems Drugs (Commwealth Telephone Co.) 1937? 1929: (125) Burke and Eulberg Billiards (Smith-Baumann Directory Co.) 1927-28, 1924-25, 1921, 1919-20: Patrick Lennon, grocer (R.L. Polk & Co.) 1917-18: (125) Patrick J. Lennon, grocer and saloon (Farrell) 1910: (125) Patrick J. Lennon, grocery and saloon (Voshardt) 1908-08: (125) Patrick J. Lennon, grocer (S.H. Moore) 1903-04, 1897-98, 1893-94: Patrick J. Lennon, grocer (R.L. Polk & Co.) 1890 Patrick J. Lennon, grocer, liquor, 27 W. Cook (Wright) 1886: D.A. Goodyear, Lumberman who purchased property for investment Lennon, P. is a clerk on Cook Street |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |