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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1300 16TH ST |
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| County | Racine |
| City/Village | Racine |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1901 |
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| Survey Date | 1975 |
| Historic Use | tavern/bar |
| Architectural Style | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. CRENELLATED CORNICE. POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS IN TOWER. ROUND ARCHED DOORS IN TOWER. DRIPSTONE LINTELS. After 1880, Milwaukee’s Pabst Brewing Company pursued a competitive a strategy of opening taverns throughout the Midwest, especially in ethnic neighborhoods. Walking into this corner tavern around the turn of the twentieth century, one would have found the patrons and employees speaking only German and drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer. With its crenelated parapet, pointed-arched windows, corbeled cornice, and arched entrance, the tavern looks like a tiny medieval fortress. It also resembles a miniature Pabst Brewery, echoing the massive Milwaukee brewing complex built in this same Gothic Revival style, thus becoming an architectural advertisement for Pabst. In the logo on the tavern’s corner tower, the circled "B" stood for "Best," the firm’s original name. When Prohibition closed this and all other saloons in 1919, Pabst sold the building. Still, it remains a tavern. |
| Bibliographic References | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Renewing Our Roots: A Guide To Racine, Wisconsin, Central City, Southside, Preservation-Racine, 1977. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Not Listed |
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