Mishicot Historical Museum

An undated photo of 314 Jackson Street in Mishicot, Wisconsin.

This history of the home was written by Jim Sustman with input from Robert Scheuer, grandson of Nic Scheuer:

This large, stately house was built in 1906 by Matt Zima for Nicolas H. and Coretta Thompson Scheuer, at a cost of $6,000. It follows the design of a number of other large Victorian Style Homes in the village. Members of the Scheuer family continued to live in the house until around 1990, when Johanna Pelishek purchased the house and turned it into a Bed and Breakfast. Around 1995, Atty. Robert Paul and his wife, Annette, purchased the house and continue to live there today. In addition to the house, a large barn, located where the former grocery store still stands next to the Village Hall, was also built by Mr. Zima. This barn was primarily used to house cattle that were later slaughtered for Scheuers’ Meat Market.

In his earlier years, Nic Scheuer was the business manager of Mishicot Brewing Company. Later, he opened a meat market on Main Street that continued in business for three generations of the Scheuer family. In 1922, a new building was constructed at 432 E. Main Street, to house the meat market. This new building was also built by Matt Zima. After Nic Scheuer’s death in 1951, his son, Earl, operated the Meat Market and lived in the upper level of the building. Later Earl’s son, Robert, took over the market and continued in business there until 1984. The River’s Edge Gallery, owned and operated by Chris Baugniet, occupies that building today.