Kronser, Joseph, Hotel and Saloon - Greenville, WI, USA
Posted by: REUAHNESIE
N 44° 18.476 W 088° 32.206
16T E 377429 N 4907223
The Joseph Kronser Hotel and Saloon also known as the Greenville Station is a landmark in the town of Greenville and has served as a meeting place from 1887 to the present.
Waymark Code: WMETG5
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2012
Views: 1
"The first building, built in 1887, was called the Joseph Kronser Hotel and Saloon but it was destroyed by fire. After the fire, Joseph Kronser rebuilt the hotel in 1897 and ran it as a railroad hotel with 5 bedrooms and also used as the railroad ticket office. The Kronser Hotel and Saloon was a large two story building and was the center of the town’s social events. The hotel has had numerous owners such as Schreiters, Pegal, Probst, Geo Reimer, Len Ruesh and Tennies. It was run as a hotel, with several different owners until 1934. In 1934 Henry Probst, had an auto dealership for Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, and Studebaker. Vic and Harold Tennie became the owner’s in1945. Vic and Norma Tennie bought Harold’s share in 1955. Kevin and Tina O’Shea bought the building in 1988. The building has always been a meeting place for the community and also has housed a barber shop run by Orv Polzin, a bus station, and a funeral parlor, and a fire dispatch station run by the tennis. Chicken dinners and hamburgers were served for many years and various road crews always ate at the station.
The O’Sheas have restored the building, from old photos and residents memories, to look as it did in 1897. The original wood took endless hours to strip and restore. The Greenville station is on the National Historic Register due to the efforts of JoAnn Babic."
Taken from A History of the Town of Greenville "Where the Action Is" 1848 - 1998
The Greenville station has closed and has reopened as the Bootleggers under new management. The House numbering system in Greenville, WI changed the National Register reflects the old number 246 Municipal Dr.
Street address: N1865 Municipal Dr Greenville, WI USA 54942
County / Borough / Parish: Outagamie
Year listed: 1988
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Historic function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic,
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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