Portage Retail Historic District Explained
Portage Retail Historic District |
Added: | April 27, 1995 |
Refnum: | 95000510 |
The Portage Retail Historic District is located in Portage, Wisconsin.[1]
Description
The site is a business district located near the Portage Canal.[2] Buildings within the district include the 1866 Italianate City Brewery,[3] the 1873 Italianate Graham Drug Company,[4] the 1881 Italianate Williams Shoes and Harness shop,[5] the 1889 Queen Anne Hillyer Block (which housed the High Priced Grocery),[6] the 1891 3-story Italianate Beattie Block,[7] the 1927 Georgian Revival Portage Theater,[8] the 1927 Ram Hotel,[9] and the 1929 Art Deco City Bank of Portage.[10] It was added to the State Register of Historic Places in 1994 and to the National Register of Historic Places the following year.[11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Portage Retail Historic District. Travel Wisconsin. 2018-04-24.
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=95000510}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Portage Retail Historic District]. 1993-09-07. Joyce McKay. . 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Eulberg Brewery Saloon/Haertel Brewing. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Graham Drug Co.. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: James S. Williams Shoes & Harness; James Dousir Grocery. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Hillyer Block. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Beattie Block. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Fischer Paramount Theatres Co.. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Ram Hotel. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: First Wisconsin Bank; City Bank of Portage. Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2015-08-29.
- Web site: Roughly, Cook from Wisconsin to Main, Wisconsin from Cook to Edgewater and DeWitt from Conant to Edgewater. Wisconsin Historical Society. 2018-04-24.