Location
Photo Gallery
The Northwestern Hotel at 635 S. Main Street in Shawano.
Inside the Northwestern Hotel bar in the early days.
Looking south, the Northwestern Hotel and Mahl Hotel on Main Street in Shawano.
1907 – The circus comes to Shawano – the circus unloading at the Chicago & Northwestern depot.
The Northwestern Hotel, on south Main Street in Shawano, directly across the street from the railroad depot.
The Northwestern Hotel, on south Main Street in Shawano, directly across the street from the railroad depot.
The Hoppe Bar in the Northwestern Hotel.
2023 – the Northwestern Hotel building.
A Brief History
The Northwestern Hotel
635 S. Main St.
Shawano, Wisconsin
Built in 1905, the Northwestern Hotel is located directly across the street from the Chicago & Northwestern railroad depot. The Northwestern Hotel had an ideal spot for clientele arriving by train. For decades over the last 120 years, this building was a hotel with rooms above the bar and restaurant. Since ending its life as a hotel, many businesses have used the building including, the 400 Bar and El Mariachi Cantina and Grill. The Mahl Hotel, a competior, was across the street to the north.
Architectually, the building is “commercial vernacular” with a moulded metal first floor cornice over the roofline with segmental arch brick lintels. The front of the first floor has been altered with small octagonal windows.