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Hotel Geneva and the
Hotel Clair. |
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situated just behind the West end of the Hotel Geneva on the corner
of Main and Broad Street. The earliest image we have located to date
of the “Hotel Clair” Building is 1889, but we can not verify when
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began operating as a hotel. There are two images that show
the proximity of the Hotel Clair to the Hotel Geneva.
Map
location of the original Hotel Geneva and the Hotel Clair. |
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| 1: Hotel Geneva 1915.
This image shows the “Hotel Clair” building just behind the
Hotel Geneva. From “Lake Geneva”, Published by Morrison and
Rogers, Lake Geneva, Wis. Copyright 1915, by C. MacKay
Morrison. |
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| 2: This is one of the
earlier glossy color postcard of the Hotel Geneva. The Hotel
Clair can clearly be seen in the background. Published by E.
F. Godfrey, Lake Geneva, Wis. in 1950, #OC-K400. |
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| 3: 1889. Main Street, looking
west from Broad Street. Inset, Arnold's Drugstore in the
“Hotel Clair” Building. Photographed by J. Thorsen. Published by R. B. & C. S. Arnold. |
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| 4: 1905, R. B. Arnold
drugs and medicines, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Notice the
horse and carriage to the far left, and the man on a ladder
working on the sign. |
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| 5: Circa
1908-1910. Main Street looking East in downtown Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin. Still a Drug Store. May have been
photographed before the image above (#4). |
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| 5a:
Detail. Main Street looking East in downtown Lake Geneva,
Wisconsin. |
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6: Circa 1930's. Main Street looking East in downtown Lake
Geneva, Wisconsin. Lamp posts have been installed. The
building has not yet been painted. |
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| 7:
Circa 1930's. By now, the building has been remodeled and
converted into the Hotel Clair. “Hotel Clair, Main & Broad
Street, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.” Back: “Natural Color
Postcard made in U.S.A. by E.C. Kropp, Co., Milwaukee, Wis,
(MCL) #16915. |
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| 8:
Hotel Clair Circa 1940's. "Lake Geneva, Wis., J-260." Real
photo post card produced by EKC. Looking South down Broad
Street toward Lake Geneva. Hotel Geneva is just beyond the Hotel
Clair. |
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8a: Detail of Hotel Clair Circa 1940's. "Lake Geneva, Wis.,
J-260." Real photo post card produced by EKC.
Looking South down Broad Street toward Lake Geneva. Hotel Geneva
is just beyond the Hotel Clair. |
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| 9: Circa
1953. Main Street looking
East. “Photograph of intersection of Main
and Broad streets.” Published by L. L. Cook Co.,
Milwaukee, WI. The building now houses a Grill and Bowling
Alley. Published by L. L. Cook Co., Milwaukee, Wis. |
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| 10: Circa Mid
1950s. Looking South down Broad Street toward Lake Geneva. Hotel
Geneva is just beyond the Hotel Clair Building on the left. |
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| 11: Circa
190s. Looking South down Broad Street toward Lake Geneva. Hotel
Geneva is just beyond the Hotel Clair Building on the left. |
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| 12: Circa
1960s. Looking West down Main Street. |
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| 12a: Circa
1960s. Detail. Looking West down Main Street. |
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| 13: Circa
1960s. Looking South down Broad Street toward Lake Geneva. Hotel
Geneva is just beyond the Hotel Clair. |
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| 13a: Circa
1960s. Detail. Looking South down Broad Street toward Lake
Geneva. Hotel Geneva is just beyond the Hotel Clair Building. |
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| 14: 2004, Hotel Clair
Building, now the Landmark Center. Kilwin’s Chocolate.
Courtesy:
http://home.wi.rr.com/muaddib5/historic.html |
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15: 2004, Hotel Clair
Building, now the Landmark Center. Kilwin’s Chocolate.
Courtesy:
http://home.wi.rr.com/muaddib5/historic.html |
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| 16: 2007,
Kilwin’s Chocolate. Courtesy: Tres Poshe Preppy. |
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| 17. 2007,
Kilwin’s Chocolate. Courtesy Keiko S. |
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October 2008
Text by Douglas Steiner, Copyright 2008. |
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- Hotel
Geneva was located half a block south of the corner of Broad and Main
Streets. To locate the
Hotel Geneva's original location on Google's interactive
map, click on the link below.
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