Location
Photo Gallery
Old Glory Candy in 2019 at 108 S. Division St. in Shawano
May 14, 1932 – interior of Boehm Barber Shop. Three barbers and three customers with Leonard Hartwig, Paul Kopechke, and Al Schmeiser barbers
Interior of the Boehm Barber Shop. Leonard Hartwig and Paul Kopeschke are the barbers.
A Brief History
Boehm Barber Shop
108 S. Division St.
Shawano, Wiscoinsin
Built in 1929, this building was the Boehm Barbershop for years and now is the home of Old Glory Candy.
From the 1999 National Register of Historic Places Registration application:
This storefront, one of the smallest and most intact in the district, is appended to the rear of 200 S. Main St. by a recessed ell or passageway. Built as a barbershop, this one-story brick veneered building has a stepped concrete-edged facade with a half-circle arch at its center, under which lies a round concrete date stone. The date stone is flanked on either side by vertical concrete members set into the brick, each of which are surmounted by a small, plain, square form; these features are in turn flanked on the external sides by two square concrete panels inset with an unadorned shield or crest.
Beneath these features extends a simple molded storefront cornice or belt course, which in turn rests upon the storefront piers and transoms. The two brick piers have simple concrete bases and are defined in their upper portions by an inverted-cross pattern of concrete set into the brick immediately below the piers’ simple capitals. These capitals and the crosses’ horizontal members align with the upper and lower edges of the storefront transom, which extends across the storefront facade. The transom glass consists of six panes of translucent, slightly scored glass in molded copper frames; all are entirely intact with the exception of the westernmost, which has been replaced by a portable air conditioner. The storefront itself consists of two plate-glass panes facing the sidewalk and two narrower panes angled from the plane of the others into the building, where they are adjoined by an original wood-and-glass door. The storefront panes are framed with molded copper members, and rest upon brick bulkheads. With the exception of the one replaced pane of transom glass, this building is highly intact and has exceptional integrity.