Property Record
BRIDGE ST, (HIGHWAY 11), NE CORNER OF BRIDGE AND MAIN STS
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | SENATE HOTEL |
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Other Name: | ELDORADO CLUB RESTAURANT |
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Reference Number: | 74489 |
Location (Address): | BRIDGE ST, (HIGHWAY 11), NE CORNER OF BRIDGE AND MAIN STS |
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County: | Lafayette |
City: | Gratiot |
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Survey Date: | 1984 |
Historic Use: | restaurant |
Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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Wall Material: | Asphalt |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | A LARGE CORNER STRUCTURE WHICH FORMERLY SERVED AS A HOTEL. PROMINENT WINDOW MOLDINGS AND MORE OF THE ORIGINAL 2/2 LIGHTS ARE FEATURES OF THE NOW-ALTERED STRUCTURE. THE SENATE HOTEL (LATER THE NIXON HOUSE) WAS ONE OF THREE HOTELS IN GRATIOT. (ONE OTHER, THE EXCHANGE HOUSE, MAIN STREET, 9/6, ALSO STILL STANDS) ACCORDING TO AN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH CONTAINED IN THE COUNTY BICENTENNIAL BOOK, THE HOTEL WAS CONSTRUCTED BY HENRY GILLE, WHO WAS LISTED IN THE COUNTY HISTORY AS A FARMER. (B,C) ORIGINALLY, THE HOTEL WAS CLAPBOARD SIDED AND FEATURED GABLED DORMERS. |
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Bibliographic References: | A. THE HOTEL IS NOT MENTIONED IN THE 1881 COUNTY HISTORY BUT IS LOCATED ON THE VILLAGE MAP INCLUDED IN THE 1895 LAFAYETTE COUNTY PLAT BOOK. B. "THE LAFAYETTE COUNTY BICENTENNIAL BOOK," (MADISON: STRAUS PRINTING, 1976), P. 122. C. "HISTORY OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, WISCONSIN," (CHICAGO, WESTERN HISTORICAL CO., 1881), P. 763. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |