Hotel Laack

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Hotel Laack
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Hotel Laack in 2020
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Location52 Stafford Street, Plymouth, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°44′50″N87°58′39″W / 43.74722°N 87.97750°W / 43.74722; -87.97750 (Hotel Laack)
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1892;131 years ago (1892)
Architect Charles Hilpertshauser
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No. 85003095 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 2, 1985

Hotel Laack is a historic three-story building in Plymouth, Wisconsin. It was built as a hotel for businessman Henry Christopher Laack in 1892, and designed in the Queen Anne style by architect Charles Hilpertshauser. [2] The son of a German immigrant, Laack first built houses and commercial buildings in Plymouth, including a Gothic Revival structure behind the hotel in 1889. [2] When Laack built the Hotel Laack three years later, he already owned Commercial House, another hotel and saloon. [2] The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 2, 1985. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 Katherine H. Rankin (August 29, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Laack". National Park Service . Retrieved August 31, 2020. With accompanying pictures