24 - Hotel Clair

772 West Main St., Lake Geneva, WI 53147

Hotel Clair had been closed for some time when it was taken over as the 4th Headquarters of TSR Hobbies in late 1978. The basement, formerly a bowling alley, was for gaming and storage of inventory, the ground floor held the Dungeon Hobby Shop, while the 2nd floor was occupied by the officers of the company and its design, development, editing, art, and production departments. The AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, Deities & Demigods, World of Greyhawk, Top Secret, Star Frontiers, legendary adventures such as C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness, S2 White Plume Mountain, and many others were developed here. The 3rd floor was initially an empty unfinished floor but would eventually be finished to house the ever growing company, finally allowing Dragon Periodicals to relocate from the old gray house at 723 Williams Street. By the mid-1980s even this expanded floorplan could not match the growth of the company and by 1984 TSR had moved out.