Property Record
116 S COMMERCIAL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Equitable Fraternal Union Building |
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| Other Name: | Equitable Reserve Association |
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| Reference Number: | 61714 |
| Location (Address): | 116 S COMMERCIAL ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Neenah |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | social recreational/fraternal hall |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | William Waters |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Equitable Fraternal Union Building |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/19/2016 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/28/2015 |
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| Additional Information: | Grand neo-classical commercial building. The Equitable Fraternal Union, now the Equitable Reserve Association, was a fraternal life insurance society, begun in Neenah in 1897. The property was last surveyed in 1981 with a map code of 5/4 on a City Engineer's Base Map. The 2004 map code is 144/15a. Built in 1909, this was the home of the Equitable Fraternal Union which was established in Neenah in 1897. The Equitable Fraternal Union was a fraternal life insurance society that had its first quarters on the second floor of the Winnebago Building at W. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Church Street. Having outgrown that facility, the organization built the subject structure in 1909. IN 1930, this organization merged with the Fraternal Reserve Association-another fraternal life insurance society-and it became known as the Equitable Reserve Association. This group continues to own and occupy the building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. 1909 Neenah Tax Roll p. 4. B. Shattuck's History of Neenah p. 225. Neenah Citizen 10/31/1997. A Compilation of Articles Pertaining to the Works of Architect William Waters, 2000. Shattuck, A History of Neenah, 255-56. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |