Property Record
316 DAHL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chester and Rose Wixson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 21328 |
| Location (Address): | 316 DAHL ST |
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| County: | Oneida |
| City: | Rhinelander |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
| Structural System: | Stone |
| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | PORCH W/MOULDED EAVES & ROCK FACED CONCRETE BLOCK COLUMNS. WALLS OF BEVEL EDGED CONCRETE BLOCK. ALUMINUM SIDED GABLE AND DORMER. 316 Dahl Street Chester Wixson House This two-story, hip-roofed Foursquare house was built in 1907 (Datestone reads September 1907). It is constructed of concrete blocks cast to look like stone, and features a wrap-around, front porch with concrete block piers on concrete block pedestals, a polygonal side-facade bay, and a hip-roofed dormer on the front slope of the roof. The plan of this house and the one next door at 322 Dahl Street are mirror images of one another. Both were apparently built on speculation by Wixson and Edward A. Forbes, working together. This house could have been a model house, as it was very modern, including conveniences such as central heating. Wixson and Forbes also jointly owned the Rhinelander Lighting Company from 1898 until 1916 (History of Lincoln, Oneida and Vilas Counties, p. 118). Their real estate partnership appears to have dissolved in 1911, when Wixson gained sole title to this house. Wixson did live in this house from at least 1909 until relocating to California in January 1916 (chain of title, 316 Dahl Street). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |