Property Record
203-205 E MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Cheney C. May Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 109203 |
| Location (Address): | 203-205 E MAIN ST (US HIGHWAY 12) |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Cambridge |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1999 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Features of this house include carved bargeboards in the open gable ends and a full length open front porch with turned posts, spindled brackets and a spindled frieze. On the porch roof is a pediment with lattice work detailing. House built on the site of a former parsonage. Cheney May owned the property from 1895 until at least 1920. May was the proprietor of C.C. May & Co. Elevator and was the grandson of Christian May, who the community of Mayville was named after. By the 1940s, the house was owned by Ralph and Ella Tellefson who operated a local restaurant at 109-113 W Main. They lived here until the 1970s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Circa construction date and historic name based upon tax rolls. Architecture/History Survey. September 1999. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |