223 MADISON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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223 MADISON ST

Architecture and History Inventory
223 MADISON ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Elmer A. & Marie Peterson Residence
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Reference Number:151387
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):223 MADISON ST
County:Walworth
City:Walworth
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1905
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Survey Date:2010
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Other Vernacular
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Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Built circa 1905, this was the home of Elmer A. Peterson. Peterson was born in 1869 in Rockford, Illinois. After living in both Illinois and Iowa, he moved in 1901 to the village of Walworth, where he became the local manager/agent for the Milwaukee Elevator Company. Following a destructive fire, he superintended the reconstruction of the elevators in 1910. Peterson married in 1905 to Marie Hitchcock and they resided in the subject home following their marriage and at least through 1910. Peterson served as village president for two terms and, thereafter, a member of the village board of trustees. In 1912, he was cited as the vice president of the Walworth State Bank and was one of the original charter members of the Walworth Masonic Lodge.
Bibliographic References:Historic photo in "Walworth" (Walworth, WI: The Walworth Times, no date), n.p., Book on file in the Local History Collection at the Walworth Memorial Library, Walworth, WI. Beckwith, History of Walworth (1912), 2: 1238-39. Article on the Peterson's marriage: "Fooled 'Em Bad." The Walworth Times, 3 November 1904, 1/1. Architecture/History Survey Reconstruct USH 14: Illinois State Line to I-43, 11-0524/WL.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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