320 Walnut St.
| Historic Name: | Clark, William, House |
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| Reference Number: | 80000193 |
| Location (Address): | 320 Walnut St. |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City/Village: | Baraboo |
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| William Clark House 320 Walnut Street, Baraboo, Sauk County Date of Construction: mid-1880s Builder: J. McVea The William Clark House is located at the crest of a hill overlooking downtown Baraboo, Wisconsin. At the time the Clark house was constructed, the neighborhood surrounding it was known as South Baraboo – a working-class residential area near Baraboo's rail corridor and river valley industries. William Clark, an engineer for the Chicago and NorthWestern Railroad, chose J. McVea, a local Baraboo carpenter, to build his home during the mid-1880s. This brick house has a high basement and a full story behind a steeply-pitched metal mansard roof. The roof form is a signature element of the Second Empire Style, popular in America between the 1860s and the 1880s. The Clark House is a fine local example of the style as interpreted for a middle class family. Historic maps indicate that two additional frame buildings, identified by an early owner as a woodshed and a summer kitchen, once stood at the back of the house. They were removed shortly after 1913. The Clark House is a private residence. Please respect the residents' rights and privacy. |
| Period of Significance: | 1875-1899 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
| Architectural Style: | Other |
| Resource Type: | Building |
| Architect: | McVea,J. |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 04/08/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 01/01/1989 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 1 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |