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1311 E 6TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

1311 E 6TH ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1311 E 6TH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:FRED AND ARABELLA STROUD HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:21781
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1311 E 6TH ST
County:Lincoln
City:Merrill
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1885
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: F.h. Clark
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Center Avenue Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/17/1994
State Register Listing Date:1/21/1994
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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, State Historic Preservation Office. Non-contributing playhouse on property. STEEPLY PITCHED GABLE W/WIDE OVERHANGING EAVES & BARGEBOARDS; TRUSS WORK IN GABLES; WINDOWS W/LEADED & STAINED GLASS SURROUNDS; WOOD SILL & LINTEL COURSES; LARGE ENCLOSED PORCHES W/BRICK FOUNDATIONS AND WOOD UPPERS; VERY TALL EXTERIOR SIDE CHIMNEY OF RED BRICK. Builfor Fred and Arabella Stroud in 1885 at cost of $2500. Strouds owned Stroud Paint, Glass and Luminating Oil Stoe in Merrill. ca. 2005- House retains high degree of integrity. Decorative wood barge boards fill gable peak on main facade. Original windows in place. Interior doors (to living room) have been replaced with Prairie-style stained glass from a later renovation. Anaglyptic wall covering decorates the lower part of the dining room walls.
Bibliographic References:WAUSAU DAILY HERALD 9/15/1995.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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