| Additional Information: | 2013 New Holstein Survey results:
Located within the Illinois & Wisconsin Avenues Bungalow Historic District, this one-and-one-half-story structure is sheathed with stucco. The building’s front porch is sheltered by the gabled roof extension which is supported by square piers. Decorative wood trim outlines the open porch, while wide wooden bargeboards accent the overhanging roofline which also features wooden bracket supports. The primary (north) façade includes a central door flanked by single windows. Each gabled peak carries a pair of ten-over-ten-light, double-hung sash windows. A rectangular and enclosed rear entrance extends from the southwest corner. On the interior, the east side of the structure’s first floor is a large meeting room and includes a women’s bathroom at the rear. The west side includes a bar, a small kitchen, as well as the original men’s bathroom. A staircase leads to the upper level, which has since been closed off. That floor formerly held a billiard room/lounge. The basement level includes a platform/stage area and a shuffleboard court painted on the cement floor.
Although appearing as a residence, this building was erected in 1914 as the home of The Calumet Club, which formed in 1909. Spearheaded by druggist Stewart Lindsay, charter members are noted as, among others, H.C. Timm, Paul Blumberg, Milton Matthaeus and W.W. Lauson. Their purpose was to provide recreation and “the furtherance of friendship and good fellowship” for its members. Although primarily a social club, they also promoted city improvements. With a membership of approximately fifty, rooms over the bakery at 1907 Wisconsin Avenue were initially rented. The club later moved to the Iversen Store Building at 2018 Railroad Street. The subject 1914 building was designed by Cedarburg architect William Hilgen and built by local contractor John Hay. A constitution and bylaws were adopted and a membership cap of seventy-five was instituted; members--male only--could join only if they were invited. The clubhouse was used by returning veterans after World War I and II, the Legion Auxiliary, as well as the Civic Society. Although membership has since dropped, the club remains active and does currently allow female members. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic image in "New Holstein: Land of Peace and Plenty," (1915), page 17, photo #1
Citation in The American Contractor, Vol. 33, 6 June 1914, page 91, for a clubhouse for the Calumet Club in New Holstein, Cost: $5,000, 1 1/2 stories frame and stucco, William F. Hilgen, Cedarburg, architect and John Hays contractor
“New Holstein Civic Society” in New Holstein Centennial Souvenir Booklet, n.p.; New Holstein: Land of Peace and Plenty, 10; “Calumet Club Entertain,” Calumet County Reporter, 17 November 1909, 1/6; “Gets New Life,” Calumet County Reporter, 9 January 1914, 1/6; “Calumet Club Busy,” Calumet County Reporter, 27 February 1914, 1/6. |
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