Property Record
N 951 WHITEFISH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 15594 |
| Location (Address): | N 951 WHITEFISH ST |
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| County: | Ashland |
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| Township/Village: | La Pointe |
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| Town: | 50 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 30 |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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: | POLYGONAL 2 STORY BAY UNDER PAVILION ROOFALL WINDOWS SHUTTERED CLOSE Assoc. Individuals: a. Gary Hunter Family. Historical Background Built circa 1920 for the Hunter Gary family, business friends of the Colonel Woods families. The Woods adn the Garys had friendly competition with large yachts throughout the 1920s and 1930s.[A] Historical Significance This house contributes to the local significance of the Nebraska Row Historic District in the area of Social History under Criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places. It physically represents the life ways of a class of people able to maintain two distinct residences. In general, women and children took up residence for the entire summer while husbands visited for weekends and a few vacation weeks. This house, and Nebraska Row in general, reflects the phenomenon of vacationing with an extended circle of family and friends from one's primary business and social environment, in this case, Lincoln, Nebraska. Description This large gabled ell is indicative of the importation of larger, more style conscious, residences to Nebraska Row, in contrast to the simpler cottages of the earliest generation of cottages. This house has a wood shingle-clad roof of many gables and a partial pyramid. The walls are wide clapboard. Fenestration is regular across the wall faces and consists of six-over-six double-hung wood sash, except for a large four pane view window and some multi-pane french doors. A one story porch is located in the ell corner. The house, unlike many on Nebraska Row, rests on a full concrete foundation. Architectural Significance This house contributes to the locally significant Nebraska Row Historic District under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places as a representative example of the large summer residences constructed on Madeline Island from circa 1900 through the 1920s for a well-to-do extended circle of family and friends from Nebraska. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Bibliographic References [A] Nancy O'Brien, 26 August, 1993, Nebraska Row tour with Rebecca Sample Bernstein and Tricia L. Canaday, Madeline Island. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |