Bay View Opera House

Photograph

Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2005.02.0034

Description

Bay View Opera House - early front entrance of the building, now known as Andre's Food and Spirits, located at 23 West Oak. It was built in 1878 by John Goettelman as a place for community activities and was also used by early religious groups. he name was changed to the Sawyer Opera House early in the twentieth century. In the 1920's the building was converted to a restaurant and with a brief interruption during prohibition has continued as Andre's Food and Spirits since 1940. The small boy is Gus Goettelman, the son of the owners.

Collection

Door County Archives Slide Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2005.02

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - New, Purchases, etc.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

Location

Sawyer (Sturgeon Bay)/Door/WI

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Buildings, Business, Saloon, Restaurants, Sawyer, Bay View Opera House, Andre's

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

SL.

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

2 in

Location

Building

Office/Slide File/Door County Historic Sites

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Dec 1, 2005

Examined By

SGT

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 1, 2005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Goettelman, Gus

General Notes

Note

Notes: This slide was part of the presentation made at the Nov. 21, 2005 meeting of the Door County Historical Society held at Andre's in Sturgeon Bay. During the presentation, 6 historic sites in Door County were recognized and honored with plaques. A short history of each site was given while slides showing the sites appeared in the background. NOTE: Is it possible that the young boy was Gus Andre? Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

December 1, 2005

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

May 7, 2021