Property Record
109-115 W COOK ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fashion Store; WIlliam Bauer |
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| Other Name: | Pizza Villa; Portage Cafe |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 56700 |
| Location (Address): | 109-115 W COOK ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream 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: | Double store building; parapet with corbeling; round arch window lintels with keystones; string course with "dogtooth" type brick work between floors; first floor store frnot altered and one upper story window altered. Dave Eulberg recalled that the Pizza Villa was Myron's Beauty Shop in the 1950s and did not recall the function of the cafe. Sanborn-Perris Map Co. (east and west) 1929: store 1918: cloths and confectionery 1910: confectionery and art supplies 1901: confectionery (kettle) and cloths 1894: boots and shoes and cloths 1889: tailor and furnishings 1885: different building The 1882 (Stoner) view shows a different building. Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- 111 1925-30: Etta Isberner 1920: Otto Isberner 1915: Anton Lohr, Jr. 1900-10: J.A. Johnson Est. 1880-1895: J.A. Johnson 115 1925-30: W.E. Bauer and James E Taylor 1920: W. E. Bauer 1915: W.E. Bauer 1900-10: J.A. Johnson Est. 1880-1895: J.A. Johnson The property values reflect new construction in 1887-1888. Directories; 1955: (111-115) Myron's Beauty Shop; Portage Cafe (Smith-Baumann Directory Co.) 1948: (111-115) same (Commonwealth Telephone Co.) 1937:? 1929: (109-111) Ray Welsh, grocer; William E. Bauer, confectioner (Smith-Baumann Directory Co.) 1927-28, 1924-25, 1921, 1919-20: Isberner, Otto, ladies' clothing; William Bauer, confectioner (R.L. Polk & Co.) 1917-18: (111-115) Otto Isberner, ladies' ready to wear; Wm. E. Bauer, confectioner (R.L. Polk & Co.) 1915-16, 1911-12: no Bauer listed (R.L. Polk & Co.) 1910: (111-115) William E. Bauer, confectioner; Williams' Art STore, art goods (Voshardt). 1909-08: (111-115) same (S.H. Moore) 1906-06:? Williams' Art Studio which sold art supplies remained at 111-115 W> Cook for a brief period between 1908 and 1910. William E. Bauer placed his confectionery at 111-115 W. Cook by 1908 and remained in the building through 1930. In 1916, Otto Isberner purchased the building 111 W. Cook and opened the Fashion Store as the first speciality, ready-t-wear clothing store for ladies in Portage. Probably in 1920 when he purchased teh building at 126 W. Cook (57/16), Isberner moved his business there. He sold the store to G.A> Pearson, the current manager of Spurgeons, in 1950 (Register-Democrat 4/1/1948; 5/13/1950). Ray Welsh established a grocery at 111-115 W. Cook by 1929 (Smith-Baumann Directory Co. 1929). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |