From the June,1898 Menasha Press (Souvenir Edition):
The fine block shown in the accompanying cut is occupied by G.E. Heup’s Metropolitan Sample Rooms. It was built in the early part of the ‘80’s by the late A. Belanger, who conducted a grocery store and saloon therein for several years. On October 9, 1883, Mr. Belanger, who had closed out his grocery stock some time before, sold the saloon business to Mr. G.E. Heup, who for some years previously had been in charge of a sewing machine agency. Mr. Heup adopted the name of Metropolitan Sample Rooms for his new place of business, and as such it is known to this day. The Metropolitan is one of the finest establishments of its kind in the county. Its bar fixtures are of the most expensive and attractive make; the rooms are finished in hardwood, and the furniture and decorations are in keeping with the general high character of the place. Mr. Heup intends to still further improve it in the near future, and make it without a rival in the twin cities, An unusually large stock of bulk liquors is carried- all of the highest grades and especially adapted for medicinal purposes.
The fine block shown in the accompanying cut is occupied by G.E. Heup’s Metropolitan Sample Rooms. It was built in the early part of the ‘80’s by the late A. Belanger, who conducted a grocery store and saloon therein for several years. On October 9, 1883, Mr. Belanger, who had closed out his grocery stock some time before, sold the saloon business to Mr. G.E. Heup, who for some years previously had been in charge of a sewing machine agency. Mr. Heup adopted the name of Metropolitan Sample Rooms for his new place of business, and as such it is known to this day. The Metropolitan is one of the finest establishments of its kind in the county. Its bar fixtures are of the most expensive and attractive make; the rooms are finished in hardwood, and the furniture and decorations are in keeping with the general high character of the place. Mr. Heup intends to still further improve it in the near future, and make it without a rival in the twin cities, An unusually large stock of bulk liquors is carried- all of the highest grades and especially adapted for medicinal purposes.
Mr. Heup’s sewing machine agency has grown with the passing years. He handles the White, Davis, New Home, and other favorite brands and during the past eighteen years, has sole over 1,000 machines of various makes in this vicinity. He is one of the most experienced and successful agents in these parts, and his dealings with the public have always been mutually satisfactory and pleasant.
Mr. Heup was born in Milwaukee County in 1856 and located in Menasha twenty-six years ago. He has a wife and three children – two sons and one daughter- and lives in the residence portion of the Belanger block, one door west of his place of business.
UPDATE: There's been some interest as to where this business was located exactly and I should have determined this to begin with. The Menasha city directory of 1895 says its address was 90 Main Street, between where today's Becher Electric and the old Brin would be. But in 1900, the address was listed as 213 Main Street which equates... to where the Twin City Bar was in 1967, across from the Menasha Hardware. In 1905, Heup's address was 144 Main Street. By 1910, Mr. Heup didn't appear anymore in the directory. Perhaps there was some renumbering of addresses on Main Street or Mr. Heup moved his business a lot. I'm pretty sure the photo equated to the original 90 Main Street address, as the text I quoted from was from an 1898 newspaper.
UPDATE: There's been some interest as to where this business was located exactly and I should have determined this to begin with. The Menasha city directory of 1895 says its address was 90 Main Street, between where today's Becher Electric and the old Brin would be. But in 1900, the address was listed as 213 Main Street which equates... to where the Twin City Bar was in 1967, across from the Menasha Hardware. In 1905, Heup's address was 144 Main Street. By 1910, Mr. Heup didn't appear anymore in the directory. Perhaps there was some renumbering of addresses on Main Street or Mr. Heup moved his business a lot. I'm pretty sure the photo equated to the original 90 Main Street address, as the text I quoted from was from an 1898 newspaper.
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