Property Record
103 S FRANKLIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | August Anderson House |
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| Other Name: | Five Keys B & B |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 22213 |
| Location (Address): | 103 S FRANKLIN ST |
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| County: | Shawano |
| City: | Shawano |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 20002023 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Chris C. Fritz |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | LARGE ROUND CNR TOWER W/FLAT ROOFDENTILLED EAVES W/SCROLL CUT DENTILLED BRACKETS OVER ROUND CNRS. PEDIMENTED GABLE W/PALLADIAN WINDOW W/KEYSTONE MOTIF. OVAL TOWER WINDOW W/KEYSTONE MOTIFS. MOULDED BELTCOURSE AND LINTELS. The general contractor was C.C. Fritz of Shawano. 2023: Resurveyed for the Franklin Street - W. Green Bay Street Residential Historic District DOE, the porch and balcony have replacement railings. August Anderson was a lumberman who served as vice president of the Wolf River Paper and Fiber Company. In 1899, he became the primary stockholder of the company’s newly built sulphite mill in Shawano. He later invested in the Schweers Hardware Company. The Anderson House is the best representation of the work of Chris C. Fritz. It was the first Shawano residence constructed by Fritz, who designed and/or constructed approximately fourteen buildings around the city, with his Queen Anne residences being the most notable. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Shawano Real Estate Tax Rolls Shawano County Advocate: 6/02/04, p. 5; 6/16/04, p. 5; 7/21/04, p. 5. 2023: “Shawano Sulphite Mill,” Appleton Post, February 16, 1889 “Personal,” The Post-Crescent, November 8, 1889 “New Corporations,” The Evening News (Baraboo), January 28, 1905 Timothy F. Heggland, City of Shawano, Shawano County, Wisconsin: Intensive Survey Report (Madison, Wis., 2000), 34. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |