Sahrt Furniture Store - Water Street Commercial Historic District - Sparta, WI
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mrjcanger
N 43° 56.608 W 090° 48.614
15T E 675730 N 4867925
Built in 1899 this building served as two businesses: a furniture store and a funeral home.
Waymark Code: WMT5PA
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2016
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William J. Sahrt moved his furniture/funeral parlor business from Beaver Dam, WI to Sparta, WI and built this building in 1899. He ran the business quite successfully until 1911 when he sold the business to Dean Holloway, Cleve Sutherland, and John C. Meyers. These three gentlemen divided up the business into the Sparta Steam Laundry and an unnamed clothing shop. It is unsure who ran the clothing shop but the laundry was run by Yep Ah Pung. Mr. Pung eventually moved the laundry business across the street while keeping some of the operations in this building. The building remained as a steam laundry until at least 1931. Today the building has side by side taverns.
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Name of Historic District (as listed on the NRHP): Water Street Commercial Historic District
Link to nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com page with the Historic District: [Web Link]
Address:
110-112 East Oak St
Sparta, WI 54656
How did you determine the building to be a contributing structure?: Narrative found on the internet (Link provided below)
Optional link to narrative or database: [Web Link]
NRHP Historic District Waymark (Optional): Not listed
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