Property Record
308 COURT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | O'Connor, Tim House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 21801 |
| Location (Address): | 308 COURT ST |
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| County: | Lincoln |
| City: | Merrill |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| 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: | SCROLL CUT BRACKETS AT WIDE MOULDED EAVES. MOULDED LINTELS. PORCH W/ MOULDED EAVES AND SUNBURST MOTIF IN PEDIMENT OVER ENTRANCE. REAR 1 STORY WING. THE TIM O'CONNOR HOUSE IS SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION C AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ITALINATE STYLE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE IN MERRILL, AND AS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE IN THE EAST THIRD STREET RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. AS EARLY AS 1900 LUMBERMAN TIM O'CONNOR WAS LISTED AT THIS ADDRESS. BY 1915 HIS WIFE PRUE WAS LISTED AS A WIDOW. THEN, BY 1930 TIM AND PRUE O'CONNOR'S THREE ADULT DAUGHTERS, BELLE, ELSIE AND RUTH, WERE LISTED AS RESIDENT. IN 1945 BELLE (BY THEN PRINCIPAL OF LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) AND ELSIE (SECRETERY OF MERRILL CEMETERY ASSOCAITION) WERE LISTED AT THIS ADDRESS. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Merrill City Directories, 1893 to 1945, located at T.B. Scott Free Library, Merrill, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |