Property Record
1313 S 11th St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Engine Company No. 2 Fire House |
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| Other Name: | Fireside Apartments |
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| Reference Number: | 131227 |
| Location (Address): | 1313 S 11th St |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 20042020 |
| Historic Use: | fire house |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Edgar Stubenrauch |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: This single-story, Mediterranean Revival-style, former fire station building includes a basement level that is built into the hill. The exposed lower level is covered with stucco, while the remainder of the building is sheathed with brick. The gabled roof is covered with red barrel tile and the overhanging, open eaves are trimmed with a carved wooden bargeboard. Oriented to S. 11th Street, an open gabled porch with column supports extends from the main block and shelters the human-scale entry. Windows across the west entrance elevation are rectangular openings that are set beneath a blind arch. The original overhead garage door space, which is trimmed in stone and topped with a lintel that reads “FIRESIDE APT.,” is infilled with a round-arched opening that is comprised of a blind arch and a pair of sash windows. Windows along the north and south side walls are largely rectangular openings with replacement double-hung sash. A brick chimney rises from the south roofline and the hose tower is located along the east endwall. Designed by Edgar Stubenrauch and completed in 1929, this building originally served as Engine Company No. 2 Fire House and cost approximately $35,000. The station was discontinued in 1979. The building was, thereafter, purchased by Victor Klunck and remodeled to include twelve apartments; it continues to serve as the Fireside Apartments. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Citations from the recommendation write-up in the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan: “South Side Fire Station Progressing,” The Sheboygan Press, 6 March 1929, 2; “Formal Opening of New Fire Station Held Tuesday,” The Sheboygan Press, 10 April 1929, 12; Loren F. Sperry, “Fireside Apartments Nearing Completion…A New Life for an Old Fire Station,” The Sheboygan Press, 27 July 1981, 3; “First Fire Station in 1848,” The Sheboygan Press, 12 June 1988, 23. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |