Property Record
110 4TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | The Baraboo Republic |
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| Other Name: | Beck Sports |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 91151 |
| Location (Address): | 110 4TH AVE |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Baraboo |
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| Year Built: | 1886 |
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| Survey Date: | 19892014 |
| Historic Use: | small retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Downtown Baraboo Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/8/2015 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/15/2014 |
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| Additional Information: | Built in 1886 as the home of The Baraboo Republic newspaper, which had previously been located in the Gattiker Block at 512-516 Oak Street, the Baraboo Republic Building at 110 4th Avenue only served the newspaper for nine years before it relocated. The 22 by 70 foot two-story building was constructed by local builders George Capener and George Holah. The three-bay structure possess a pressed metal cornice on both the upper and lower stories and heavy brackets on the upper cornice separate three pressed metal panels containing garland designs. The rectangular windows are tall, narrow, and separated from the cornice above corbelling with rectangular hoods. Almost all of the ornamentation corresponds exactly with the contemporary building at 112 4th Avenue, adjacent to the west. The Baraboo Republic, established in 1855, is the longest running paper in Baraboo and the oldest in Sauk County. John H. Powers, who worked on the paper, purchased the business in 1879 and expanded it in 1892, renaming it The Daily Republic. John Powers settled in Baraboo after the Civil War and married Sarah Capener, daughter of the builder George Capener, in 1868. Sarah also worked at the Republic and was the president of the Women’s Club. George and Sidney Hood joined in the proprietorship in 1895 as the paper moved again to a new location at 146 4th Avenue. Sidney Hood eventually became the sole owner of the paper and combined with The Baraboo News to form The Baraboo News-Republic in 1929. By 1903, 110 4th Avenue, was listed as the site of the George Dash Bowling Alley and Pool Hall. In 1920, Charles and Roland Curtis purchased the property, remodeled it, and opened the Curtis Brothers’ Pool Hall and Lunch Room. Frank Karll took ownership the same year and renamed the business the Park Restaurant. Karl operated the restaurant for nine years and then sold it. A number of subsequent restaurants, including Hattle’s Café, occupied the space for much of the twentieth century. Hattle's Cafe was located in this building from approximately the mid-1930s to 1945. |
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| Bibliographic References: | City of Baraboo Directory records on file with the Sauk County Historical Society. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1885, 1892, 1898, 1904, 1913, and 1927. On file at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Ward, Joseph Wayne. Baraboo, 1850-2010, Vol. IV: Chronology of the Growth of the Commercial & Retail Districts. Self-published, 2013. Wolter, Paul. Notes collected for tours of Downtown Baraboo. Multiple dates. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |