Brann Brothers' General Store

Photograph

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Brann Brothers' General Store

Entry/Object ID

2000.06.040

Description

Built in 1886 by Will and August Brann, the Brann Brothers' General Store carried everything early settlers needed. This building housed the entire Brann family including parents Jacob and Anna Brann. A larger store was erected across the street in 1903. This original building then served as a mortuary and casket storage. The Brann Brothers had an elegant hearse, drawn by Will's two race horses. Following the 1928 fire that destroyed the larger store on the lake, this original building was rented out as a tavern to a number of proprietors. It was purchased in 1940 by Paul and Viola Herbst who remodeled, adding a multi-colored glass bar, and began the Friday night fish fry tradition. The business continued as the Ridgely Tavern for four years until sold in 1986 to Rich and Sandy Weisgerber the current owners. (Located at 8123 State Highway 57, Baileys Harbor.)

Collection

Door County Archives Slide Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2000.06

Source or Donor

Orv Schopf

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Schopf, Orv

Date made

2000

Place

Location

Baileys Harbor/Door/WI

Notes

Date: 2000/05

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, Baileys Harbor, Brann Brother's General Store

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

SL.

Dimensions

Height

2 in

Width

2 in

Location

Location

Building

Office/Slide File/Door County Historic Sites

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: This slide was part of the presentation made at the May 15, 2000 meeting of the Door County Historical Society held at the Mill in Sturgeon Bay. During the presentation, 10 historic sites of 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. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

September 21, 2000

Updated By

Unknown

Update Date

May 7, 2021