Property Record
211 N UNION ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BENJAMIN BOORMAN HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | JUNEAU COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM |
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| Reference Number: | 16212 |
| Location (Address): | 211 N UNION ST |
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| County: | Juneau |
| City: | Mauston |
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| Year Built: | 1877 |
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| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Boorman, Benjamin, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/4/1976 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. BOORMAN CAME TO MAUSTON IN 1864. HE BECAME ONE OF THE CITY'S WEALTHIEST PEOPLE. HE WAS A BANKER, PRESIDENT OF MAUSTON PLOW AND IRON WORKS, AND WAS A PARTNER IN ANDERSON AND BOORMAN, DEALERS IN RAILROAD TIES AND WOOD. Previously surveyed in 1975. The Benjamin Boorman House is a 2-story ltalianate house that was constructed in 1877. The house is irregular in plan with a masonry foundation, brick walls, and an asphalt-shingle and metal hipped roof. The front elevation faces east toward N. Union St. and is asymmetrical in plan with a 2-story front-gabled projecting bay just south of a 1-story shedroofed entry porch. Windows are 1-over-1 double-hung and 2-over-2 double-hung and are tall and narrow as is characteristic of the ltalianate style. In addition, windows in the main building mass have segmental-arch hoods. A 1- story bay window projection is located on the south elevation. A rectangular monitor with three regularly-spaced windows on the east and west sides projects from the center of the roof. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MAUSTON JUNEAU COUNTY STAR TIMES 9/20/1995. MAUSTON JUNEAU COUNTY STAR TIMES 5/4/1996. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |