Trapp Filling Station
United States historic place
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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]
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| Location | 252--256 W. Capitol Dr., Hartland, Wisconsin |
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| 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]