Property Record
103 S MOUND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | GLASSON HOTEL |
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Reference Number: | 66332 |
Location (Address): | 103 S MOUND AVE |
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County: | Lafayette |
City: | Belmont |
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Year Built: | 1884 |
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Survey Date: | 19841993 |
Historic Use: | hotel/motel |
Architectural Style: | Boomtown |
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Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | An altered commercial building. Originally, the building was clapboard sided and on the ground floor featured five openings - three doors and two windows (See photo in bicentennial book). Constructed after the 1884 fire, this frame building housed the Glasson Hotel, restaurant, and store. Previous to the fire, Glasson's Millinery Store occupied the site. In 1935 Ray Sornberger purchased the property and used the front portion as Belmont's post office. He and his wife operated the hotel until 1939 and the restaurant and store until 1942. Belmont's post office was organized in 1868 with William A. Garden as postmaster. It was initially licated at 109 S. Mound Avenue (31/6). In 1974 the post office moved to its current location in the Mound City Bank building. |
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Bibliographic References: | (A) Constructed after 1884 fire. (B) Belmont Area History, 1826-1976 (Belmont: Privately published, 1976), p. 3, 56, 60. (C) History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881), p. 628. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 151: Dodgeville To Belmont.” WHS project number 92-0510IA/LT. October 1993. Prepared by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center (GLARC). |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |