BlockFrom the record
One of 153 National Register listings published here for Waukesha County · listed in 1988 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Burr Oak Tavern
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 315--317 E. Capitol Dr., Hartland, 53029
- When was it listed? December 1988
- Category. building
- Also known as. Hartland MRA
- Village. Hartland village
- Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 86003403 - 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.
The ground it stands on
19,954 wordsThis property stands in Hartland Village. The History of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources; an Extensive and Minute Sketch of Its Cities, Towns and Villages--their Improvements, Industries, Manufactories, Churches, Schools and Societies; Its War Record, Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin, Statistics of the State, and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution and of the Constitution of the United States, published 1880 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Hartland Village - 19,954 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Fires near this property
23 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Burr Oak Tavern between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 381 |
| 1 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 222 |
| 1 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 242 |
| 8 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1900183 |
| 8 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800143 |
| 4 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1800812 |
| 28 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 190 |
| 2 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 125 |
Mines and quarries near this property
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Burr Oak Tavern: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lutz Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| North Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sussex Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wcti Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this property
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hartland, the town this property stands in, in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 15 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 lightning, 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Hail | Hartland | $4,440,000 | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Lightning | Hartland | $1,070,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Hartland | $200,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Hartland | $100,000 | Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rains on top of a saturated ground resulted in scattered flash flooding from the Hartland area to the City of Waukesha. Many roads in this area had at least 6 inches to 1 foot of fast flowing water covering them. At least a couple dozen homes in this area had basement flooding and sewage backups and needed to be pumped out. A vehicle got stuck in 3 to 4 feet deep the flood waters in the Village of Pewaukee, where sandbagging took place. Soil erosion and crop damage was also noted.||August, 2007, rainfall totals include: 10.72 in Oconomowoc, and 9.62 in Waukesha. In Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Mitchell Field measured 7.92 for the month, which makes August, 2007 the 4th wettest August in Milwaukee. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $100,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $50,000 | no account filed |
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $15,000 | A swath of scattered trees uprooted or snapped. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $10,000 | Powerful thunderstorm winds toppled large trees and broken branches pulled some power-lines down. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Hartland | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Hartland | $5,000 | Lightning struck a homes chimney ,sending pieces flying, damaging the roof and wiping out the utility lines to the home. |
| August 2002 | Lightning | Hartland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $2,000 | Scattered tree damage in Hartland. |
| March 2016 | Lightning | Hartland | $1,000 | Lightning struck a tree and then traveled into the ground rupturing a gas line. This sparked a fire in the front yard of the residence. Two homes were evacuated for a short time. No homes were damaged and no one was injured. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Hartland | $1,000 | Newspapers reported lightning struck a power pole that knocked out power to residents in Hartland for 3 hours. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| February 1999 | Flood | Hartland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | $500 | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Strong Wind | Hartland | $200 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hartland | - | Public report of 1 inch diameter hail in Hartland. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hartland | - | Hail size ranged from 0.75 to 3.00 inches in diameter. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | - | Large trees were toppled by powerful thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Hartland | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hartland | - | no account filed |
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
6 within 8 milesOther 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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Stephen Warren House | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | First Congregational Church | under 500 feet | 1986 |
 | Harold Hornburg House | 0.1 miles | 1986 |
 | Sign of the Willows | 0.2 miles | 1986 |
| East Capitol Drive Historic District | 0.2 miles | 1986 | |
 | Bank of Hartland | 0.2 miles | 1988 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 86003403 in Record Group 79. |
| Waukesha County | All 153 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.