Property Record
W5238 STEWART DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chancellor L. Jr. and Janet Jenks Summer Cottage |
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| Other Name: | "Woodbank" |
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| Reference Number: | 240942 |
| Location (Address): | W5238 STEWART DR |
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| County: | Walworth |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | La Grange |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 4 |
| Range: | 16 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 25 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2019 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Board and Batten |
| Architect: | Walter Burley Griffin |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property under the name "Chancellor L. Jr. & Janet Jenks Summer Cottage." 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. Chancellor L. Jr. and Janet Jenks' permanent residence was in Evanston, Illinois. This was a summer cottage for them and their family. The property, which also includes a garage (#240943) and boathouse (#240944) was owned by the Jenks' until 1912, when it was sold to Don and Sophia Blanchard. The Blanchards retained the property until 1919, when they sold it to Lawrence and Olga Johnson. The cottage's name is understood to have been changed from "Woodbank" to "Keystone" by the Johnsons. It remained in the Johnson family until 2019. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Mati Maldre and Paul Kruty. Walter Burley Griffin in America (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1986), 21-22, 156-57, 162. Walter Burley Griffin Society of America website. Available online at wwwwbgriffinsociety.org. Accessed November 2019 and February 2020. Jenks Cottage. Historic photographs. Eric Nicholls Collection, National Library of Australia. Available online at https://catalogue.nla.gov.au. Accessed November 2019 and February 2020. Additional information provided by Paul Kruty and Paul Sprague, Walter Burley Griffin Society of America. American Contractor. 28, No. 43 (26 October 1907), page 29. Construction News. 24, No. 18 (2 November 1907), 310. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |