Property Record
809 WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Heller Building |
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| Other Name: | Norb and Max's Bar and Rose's Bar |
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| Reference Number: | 91458 |
| Location (Address): | 809 WATER ST |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Sauk City |
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| Survey Date: | 19762007 |
| Historic Use: | retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Alfred Clas |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | At this location, Joseph Heller kept his store. Heller kept torches in his basement and loaned them for torchlight processions to all who asked- Republicans, Democrats, and Progressives. They celebrated election results and the end of the Civil War with impromptu evening torchlight parades. All parades ended at the Liberty Pole Triangle. Due to his memories of fires in his homeland, Heller not only had Clas design and build his stone store, but he also built and donated a fire engine to the volunteer fire department. This was a hand-operated engine. Heller was made captain of the new engine company. The Heller Building is now the Press Box, and the Sauk City Fire Department still is in possession of the Heller engine. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic Sauk City Walking Tour brochure, 2012. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |