Trapp Filling Station

The Trapp Filling Station, at 252-256 W. Capitol Drive in Hartland, Wisconsin, was built in 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1][2]

Trapp Filling Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	252--256 W. Capitol Dr., Hartland, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°06′11″N 88°21′03″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
MPS	Hartland MRA
NRHP reference No.	86003419[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1986

Originally, the structure was built and used as a house. It was located on the major highway into Hartland, though, and in the 1920s Cornelius Trapp began to operate it as a filling station. Apparently "its location was obviously not prominent enough to succeed in sales. The site was soon used by others, twice as a grocery store by the Elmer Hornburg family and the Ferdi Dombroski family. More recently it has seen use as a handcraft outlet store and a health food market. Members of the Trapp family remained residents of the upper residential areas even when changing commercial agents operated out of the lower area."[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Trapp Filling Station". Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
3. Elizabeth Miller; John Vogel (1985). "Intensive Survey Inventory: Trapp Filling Station". National Park Service. Retrieved July 19, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1985