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Rest Haven Motel

Built in 1952 (modern architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

From the record

“The Rest Haven Motel, also known as the Usonian Inn, is a historic motel at E5116 U.S. John Michels opened the motel in 1952 to serve travelers on the new route of U.S. 14, which was realigned to bypass downtown Spring Green in 1944.”

Wikipedia article Rest Haven Motel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 58 National Register listings published here for Sauk County · listed in 2011 · category: Building · built in 1952, modern architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. E5116 US 14, Spring Green, 53588
  • When was it listed? July 2011
  • Category. building
  • Town. Spring Green town
  • When was it built? 1952
  • Architectural style. modern architecture
  • National Register reference number. 11000478 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Rest Haven Motel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 128 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1996Smokingunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesMERCER ROAD

Every fire recorded in Sauk County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rest Haven Motel: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Larson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Spring Green Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sauk County

Storms near this property

23 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Green, the town this property stands in, in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1997Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$80,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$50,000Numerous large trees were toppled along with power lines.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$40,000Law enforcement officials reported trees downed by powerful thunderstorm winds that gusted to an estimated 65 mph (56 knots) in Spring Green. One building was damaged by a falling tree.
July 2008LightningSpring Green$20,000Lightning struck a home that srated a minor fire. There was some damage. Time is only estimated since newspaper article didn't specify the time.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$15,000no account filed
August 2016Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$5,000Several pine trees down and a door damaged on a barn.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$5,000Powerful downburst thundestorm winds gusting to a measured 52 knots (60 mph) gust at the Lone Rock Airport (LNR) ASOS unit toppled large trees. A couple power-lines came down with tree debris.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Spring Green$5,000This tornado in Sauk County was a continuation of the "Clyde" tornado from Iowa County. It crossed into Sauk County at 1626CST at a point 4 miles west-southwest of Spring Green, or 1.0 miles southwest of the intersection of Kennedy and Dyke Roads. The tornado continued northeast 3.3 miles and dissipated at 1633CST about 2.3 miles NW of Spring Green, or 0.7 mile north-northwest of the intersection of Pearl Rd. and STH 14/60, just short of CTH G. Only tree, power-line, and some crop damage was noted, resulting in a F1 rating, with estimated wind speeds of 64-97 knots (73-112 mph). This tornado was well photographed. Average path width was about 50 yards.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$4,000Scattered tree branches down, some large, in Spring Green.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$2,000A few trees down in Spring Green.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSpring Green$2,000Large trees were uprooted.
August 2005Tornado (F1)Spring Green$2,000This tornado spun up at 1630CST about 1.5 miles south-southwest of Spring Green, just inside the Sauk County line on the Wisconsin River. The tornado headed north-northeast for about 1.9 miles and dissipated at 1633CST about 0.5 mile east-northeast of Spring Green, on Rainbow Rd. just west STH 14. Minor roof damage in the village of Spring Green was noted on a couple buildings, and some large trees were uprooted, resulting in a rating of F1, and an estimated wind speed of 64-97 knots (73-112 mph). Average path width was about 50 yards.
May 2018Heavy RainSpring Green$1,000About a dozen roads closed throughout the county due to flooding.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-Small tree branches down in Spring Green.
July 2015HailSpring Green-Gusty winds estimated at 50 mph with the falling hail.
May 2025HailSpring Green-no account filed
March 2016HailSpring Green-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-no account filed
May 2004HailSpring Green-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-no account filed
May 2002HailSpring Green-no account filed
June 2002HailSpring Green-no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindSpring Green-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sauk County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

3 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Samuel and Nina Marcus House0.6 miles2018
State Bank of Spring Green2.5 miles2010
Harrisburg School7.8 miles2015

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 11000478 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Sauk CountyAll 58 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.