Name/Title
Architecture/History Survey - WDOTScope and Content
Architecture/History Survey prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd.
(Sweeten, Abing) April, 1999. Prepared for the WDOT to identify sites within the Area of Potential Effect (APE), the eligiblity of those properties for the National Registry of Historic Places (NRHP) recognising the impact of widening Main St. (HWY 49) may have on the historic commercial district.
Spiral bound 92 , 8.5 X 11 pages, black print with a clear front cover.
Included within this survey:
Properties considered eligible, potentialy eligible or non eligible according to NRHP evaluation. A brief history with a picture and other statistics of each property follow.
Also includes address, map code and a description and statement of significance for each property.
Survey map of HWY 49/Main St. and surrounding streets.
Survey map showing location of properties discussed in this report.
Properties included in the Wisconsin Inventory of Historic Places
Railroad Hotel/Commercial Hotel
Waupun Produce/Vogue Hosiery
Waupun City Hall and Auditorium/Dawn of Day Sculpture
IOOF Temple #33
Jones Building/Post Office
Haueisen Building/Houdek Grocery
Stetsel & Williams Clothing
Jones/Welch Bros. Dry Goods
Howard & Hargerink Hardware
State Bank of Waupun
Stevens Variety Store
Corner Drug Store
Giebink Grocery
Corn Exchange Bank
Commercial Block
Felsman Shoes
Gerrits' Hardware
J. Weinberger Block
Donovan Block
Kroger Grocer & Baking Co.
Warren Livery
Carrington Harness/Starr Saloon
Business names noted in property descriptions:
Waupun Pump and Windmill Works
M. K. Dahl/ Plow Factory
F. F. Zimmerman/Wagon Factory
Morse & Morris Carriage Factory
Waupun Stone Mills
Clisby/Steam Mill
Railroad Hotel/Commercial Hotel/Commercial Club Hotel and Bar/ Steve's Bar/ Nip Nap Inn
G. W. Stanton's Elevator/W. E. Caldwell Grain Elevator/ Jason Beernink & Co./John Giebink Elevator/Farmers Elevator/ Wisconsin Malt & Grain Co.
Shaler Company/National Rivet Manufacturing Company/National Rivet/C. A. Shaler Company
Little Bit of Everything Antique Mall/The Waupun Produce Company/Roller skating rink (business name is not mentioned)/National Guard Armory/The Vogue Hosiery Co./Schulz Radio & Electric Company
John Westra Real Estate, Insurance/Steven's Tourist Rooms/Dr. D. H. Lenz, Optometrist
Auler, Jensen & Brown of Oshkosh,architectural firm
Odd Fellows Hall/ Waupun Chapter of the International Order of Odd Fellows/The Telulah Lodge #33/ Naomi Rebekah Lodge No. 2
Augie's Barber Shop/News Depot/Acacia Cleaners/Beilke's Apparel Shop/The Reminder/ Roger I. Vesperman, Architect/Willow Specialty Gift Shop/Fay's Fun 'n Learning
National Bank of Waupun/Waupun National Bank/George Jess & Co./The First National Bank of Waupun/ Jan's Optical
Dr. Paul Allen, Osteopathic Office/Haskell's Beauty Salon/Superior Clearners/Nina's Beauty Salon/Dr.Harvey Guth & Dr. C. P. Reslock/Wisconsin Power & Light Co./Union Bus Station/Waupun Evangelical Free Church/ Bill Boettcher, Insurance
Jones & McLean, Jones General Store/Jockey's Greystone Tavern/ Harry Gerretson, Barber Shop/The Wisconsin NationalGuard/ House of Hunan Chinese Restaurant
Emil Haueisen Furniture/H. Kotenber & Son Furniture Store/ Kinkamp & Kohls/Kohls & Son Furniture Store/Kohls Furniture Store/Senior center
J. Cushing, Jeweler/Caldwell Electric Shop/Barnhart Badger Paint Store
Gysbers Jewelry/Alfred Johnson, Photographer/A. C. Tibbits Restaurant/Doering Jewelry Co./Myron Gysbers & Co.
Sigrid's Bavarian Trail/Houdek Grocery/Storbeck's Hardware Store/Knoblock Sheet Metal & Heating/Ulve's Drug Store/Power's Pharmacy/Heuer Drug Store/Welch, Loomans and Weinberger Dental, H & R block
Kastein & Damsteegt Drug Store/Damsteegt Drug Store/Hub Clothing Store/John J. Nugent Law Office/Waupun Evangelical Free Church/Aid Association for Lutherans/Radio Shack
Waupun Tax and Business Services/Stetsel amd Williams/Princess Restaurant/United Electric Service/Judson J. Rikkers Law Office/Waupun Finance Company
Dr. George B. Durand/Welch Brothers/Welch Brothers Dry Goods & Women's Wear,Welch Brothers Dry Goods, American Family Insurance
Link's Karate/Taylor & Robinson Hall/Masonic Lodge No. 48/Robinson Hall/The Style Shop/A & P Tea Company/The Gamble Store/Redeker & VandeZande's Men's Clothing/The Mens Store/Sheldon Meyer Law/Dr. J. P. Semmens, Dr. J. M. Sinnett
Brooks & Garms, Shoes & Service/Howard & Hartgerink Hardware Store/Blow & Mielke Hardware Store, Blow Hardware Store
State Bank of Waupun
Stevens Variety Store/Aldworth's Variety Store/Firestone Home, Fire & Auto Supply/Up - Scale Resale
Maximum Exposure Tan & Tone Salon/Luteyn's Bake - Rite Bakery
The Other Bar/Bon Ton Cocktail Lounge
Dodge's Hall/Grange Hall/Starkweather Building, The Good Templars Hall, Temperance Hall/ The Independent Order of Good Templars/Welcome Lodge of Good Templars/Cadets of Temperance/Hoard & Clark/Moritz Silber's Dry Goods Store/The Francisco Boot Shop/Blue Bird Barber Shop/Blue Bird News Stand/Magic Shears
Rexall Drug Store, The Rexall Drug Store/Corner Drug Store/Dr. G. A. Hausmann, Dr. J. Ver Meulen/Hausmann & Hausmann/Olson Drug Store/New York Life/Wisconsin Title, Inc.
Masonic Lodge/Hat Shop/Western Union Telegraph/Time Shop/Step A- Head Styling/State Farm Insurance/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/ Medema Vacuum
Bryce & Ferguson Hardware/Welch Brothers Department Store/McLellan Store/ Sunrise Family Restaurant
M. D. Wells & Co./Knights of Pythias/Buster Brown Shoes/Liberty Pool Hall/Redeker and VandeZande Clothing/Gysber's Food Store/Van's Corner Drugs
Waupun Dray Line/Edward Jones Investments
Corn Exchange Bank/Last Chapter
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co./Rumpus Bar/VandeZande Law Offices/Old Heidelberg Inn/Faces
Steger Trucking/Elbert, Pfitzinger, & Byron Law Offices/Nugent & Nugent, Attorneys/James W. Whooley, Accounting Service
Studio Gift Shop
Trojan Candy Co./The Trojan/Guth Candies, Inc./Guth's Candies
J. C. Penney/Penney's/C & J Rock shop/Gerrits' Hardware, Waupun 5-10-25 Cent Store/Buteyn's Hardware/Fanshaw Hardware/Rothenbach Shoes/Elver Shoes/Ginger Bread Antique Mall
Robbins' Lunch Room/Ace's Tavern/Freddie's Bar/Blue Heron Antiques/Royal Blue Food Store/Peter's Furniture Store/Sears, Roebuck & Co./Bronks Fantastic Fines
Danielson Electric/T. Turner, Lawyer/Eagle Tavern/Trades and Labor Hall/Polly's Bar/Davison & Church Grocers/Brooks/Eagles Hall
Shurbert's Cash Market/Keyes-Universal Store/Kroger Grocer & Baking Co./Waupun Auto Supply/Debbie's Craft Supplies
Luedtke Bakery/Griesbaum's Bakery/Delux Bakery/Riel's Floor Covering
Warren Livery/Prison City Motor Co./Walters & Haase/Guelig Implement Co./Finishing Touches
Waupun Paint Co./Fenelon's/Casper's Resturant/Main Tavern/Schneiter's City Lunch/Walley's Tavern/City Lunch/Braun's City Lunch, Brauns Restaurant/Our Bar/ Joe's Corner Restaurant
W. S. Whiting Prison City Garage/J. W. Meiklejon & Son/S. & N. Motor Company/Pete's
Hooker Law/Hooker & Hooker/Waupun Memorial Hospital/Grant & Hoeper/Hoeper Law Offices
*Numerous other businesses are indicated as located at these sites; mills, smoke shops and news stands, hat shops, dressmakers, etc. Sometimes the name of the individual who's shop or business it was is included. However, the actual names of these businesses are not indicated.
*Doctors and Dentists are listed as businesses as it is assumed their practices were known by their names.
*Occupants of houses and apartments are listed to a limited degree.
*Although the descriptions of the properties that were deemed not eligible for NRHP are more limited in content, this is still a good research asset.Acquisition
Accession
2016.0087Source or Donor
Waupun Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
Collected by Staff
