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The IOOF Building at 200-204 S. Main St. in Shawano around 1900.
The IOOF Building at 200-204 S. Main St. in Shawano in the early 1900’s.
The IOOF Building at 200-204 S. Main St. in Shawano in the early 1900’s.
The IOOF Building at 200-204 S. Main St. in Shawano in 2026.
The IOOF Building at 200-204 S. Main St. in Shawano in 2026.
The IOOF Building property history.
A Brief History
The I.O.O.F. Building
200-204 South Main Street
Shawano, Wisconsin
The I.O.O.F. Building on the SE corner of Main and Division Streets was built around 1889. It’s named for the International Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization that owned this property for decades and held meetings on the second floor. On the first floor, like many Main Street buildings, there was space for two retail shops.
By the early 1890’s the Shawano County Journal occupied the south first-floor space, and remained at this location until they merged with the Shawano Evening Leader in 1951. There was a brief period from 1907-1909, when they moved out, with the space being occupied by the library.
The north half of the building hosted a variety of tenants. One of the earliest was F.E. Mielke, who ran a barber shop prior to going to dental school, then moving his practice above the First National Bank. By 1900, Conrad Weinig was operating his tailor shop in the space before moving out around 1911. There were other men’s clothing stores too, the most notable being the “The Hub.”
For many years, the second story was the home of various attorneys and doctors. C.E. Stubenvoll, an early Shawano physician, and attorney, E.J. Goodrick, were two early tenants. Attorney M.G. Eberlein and his partner Albert Larson moved their offices upstairs after purchasing the property in 1923. By the 1930s they were joined by a new partner, Joseph McCarthy.