Hoff Department Store

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Hoff Department Store
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Hoff Department Store
Location101--103 Main St., Mount Horeb, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°00′30″N89°44′16″W / 43.00833°N 89.73778°W / 43.00833; -89.73778 (Hoff Department Store)
Arealess than one acre
Built1916 (1916)
ArchitectMartin P. Schneider
Architectural style Commercial Style
NRHP reference No. 89000005 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 14, 1989

The Hoff Department Store is a 1916 Commercial-style building that spans a full block of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin's Main Street. [2]

History

In 1866, George Burrows established a one-story general store at "The Corners." It was the first business in the area, and served the rural community with food, hardware, clothes, and a post office for years. But in 1881 the railroad built a depot southwest of the Corners. In response, the Burrows store was moved, along with most of the other businesses, closer to the depot, to the site now occupied by the Hoff store. [3]

In 1887 Norwegian immigrant Andrew Hoff and his brother-in-law Adolph Elver bought the Burrows store, [4] and operated it for years. But the community continued to grow. In 1905 Hoff expanded the store, and from 1916 to 1917 he completely rebuilt it to the large brick building that stands today. The store remained in operation until 1984. [3]

In 1989, the building was added to the State and the National Register of Historic Places. [5]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Hoff Department Store". LandmarkHunter.com. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
  3. 1 2 Dennis Kolb (1988-07-28). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: Hoff Department Store". National Park Service . Retrieved 2019-02-02. With five photos.
  4. "History of Hoff Mall". The Galina Companies. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  5. "101-103 E MAIN ST". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-07-08.