The Phoenix House hotel opened in 1872 on the east side of what is now the 500 block of N. Main Street. It was destroyed by the great Oshkosh fire of July 1874 and then immediately rebuilt. The proprietor was Joseph Schneider, a German immigrant who came to Oshkosh in 1857. In 1905, Schneider was arrested for running a Blind Pig (an unlicensed saloon) out of the Phoenix House. After that, he went legal and over the next 95 years the location was home to numerous taverns. It’s now the Sideyard at Peabody's Ale House.
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| A Main Street mash-up: circa 1890 & 2022. |
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