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N89 W16370 MAIN ST

Historic Name:
OBERMANN BLOCK

Other Name:
HONEY BUCKET SALOON

Reference Number:
8126

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Property Location

Location (Address)

N89 W16370 MAIN ST

County

Waukesha

City/Village

Menomonee Falls

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1892

Additions

Survey Date

1984

Historic Use

tavern/bar

Architectural Style

Romanesque Revival

Structural System

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

Yes

Demolished Date

0

Additional Comments

Contractor was Greisler. Original cost was $12,000. The J. Obermann Brewing Co. of Milwaukee erected this building. Besides the saloon, in 1892 and 1894 this building housed the Stolberg and Mayer Grocery, the law office of John Lunn, and a tailor shop. This building was also a meeting place for social clubs, parties and lectures. In 1910, the Jung Brewery Co. purchased the building. It then contained a saloon and a pool hall on its first floor. By 1910, a blacksmith shop and several hitching sheds also appeared behind the building. John Weber purchased and renamed the building by 1930. Harold Schramm of Menomonee Falls and Elmer Schneider of Lannon purchased the building in 1945; Weber had died in 1942. They operated the building as a tavern and restaurant and also leased spaces for offices, a barbershop, and flats.

Bibliographic References

Hartford Press, 8/12/1892. Metal plaques. Hartford Press 5/27/1892. Hartford Press 7/22/1892. Hartford Press 12/16/1892. Hartford Press 11/25/1892. Hartford Press 1/27/1893. Tax records. 1920, 1925 Sanborn maps. Interview with Don L. Hebbring 3/25/1986. Hartford Press 3/18/1892. Menomonee Falls News 3/9/1893. Photographs and Memories, A Pictorial History of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, 1976. Menomonee Falls News 12/6/1945. Menomonee Falls News 12/31/1942. Hartford Press 8/25/1893. Hartford Press 11/7/1893. Hartford Press 2/10/1893. Hartford Press 2/9/1894. Hartford Press 3/2/1894. Hartford Press 2/27/1896. Hartford Press 11/17/1893. Hartford Press 12/15/1893. Hartford Press 12/22/1893. Hartford Press 1/5/1894. Hartford Press 2/2/1894. 1910 Sanborn map. McKay, 1981.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Main Street Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Sep 21, 1988

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

Yes

tavern/bar Romanesque Revival

Waukesha
County

Menomonee Falls
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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