Property Record
120 LEGION CT
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DAVID B. VAUGHN HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 230167 |
| Location (Address): | 120 LEGION CT |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1947 |
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| Survey Date: | 2015 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS HOUSE WAS ONE OF THREE NEARLY IDENTICAL PRE-FABRICATED HOUSES ON LEGION COURT (SEE ALSO 130 AND 140) THAT WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1947 AND 1948 BY THE HARNISCHFEGER CORP. OF PORT WASHINGTON, WI FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS'S COLUMBUS HOUSING CORPORATION. THESE HOUSES WERE THEN SOLD TO RETURNING WORLD WAR II VETERANS AND THESE THREE ARE THE ONLY ONES BUILT OF TWENTY PROJECTED HOUSES, THE REMAINDER OF WHICH WERE NOT BUILT BECAUSE THE IMPROVED HOUSING SITUATION IN COLUMBUS MADE THEM UNNECESSARY. |
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| Bibliographic References: | CITY OF COLUMBUS REAL ESTATE TAX ASSESSMENT ROLLS CITY OF COLUMBUS ASSESSOR'S RECORDS COLUMBUS JOURNAL-REPUBLICAN: JULY 17, 1947, P. 1; AUGUST 7, 1947, P. 1. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |