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38 - 40 CRESCENT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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38 - 40 CRESCENT ST

Architecture and History Inventory
38 - 40 CRESCENT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:C.J. TRAGERS MANUFACTURING BLDG
Other Name:DON & JOAN'S FRIENDLY INN
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:5491
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):38 - 40 CRESCENT ST
County:Dane
City:Mazomanie
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1875
Additions:
Survey Date:1979
Historic Use:tavern/bar
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Mazomanie Downtown Historic District
National Register Listing Date:8/19/1992
State Register Listing Date:3/13/1992
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:STONE LINTELS

"Charles Trager's original brick building, built to provide room for his growing carriage and wagon making business, was only twenty feet wide. A large addition in 1875 more than doubled its size, providing space for a blacksmith shop on the first floor and a paint shop upstairs. When Trager's business changed in 1883, the building was modified to accommodate a restaurant, bakery, saloon, and residential space.

In later years the building has continued to be used as a tavern and has been used for other businesses as well, including a shoe repair shop and craft store. Charles J. Trager, a native a Germany, came to Mazomanie in 1864. He was a wagon manufacturer for eighteen years." Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.
Bibliographic References:CONSTRUCTION DATE AND HISTORIC NAME FOUND IN NR FORM. Mazomanie Downtown Historic District, Mazomanie Historical Society, 1993.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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