Property Record
130 FOREST AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | El Dorado Apartments |
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Reference Number: | 27683 |
Location (Address): | 130 FOREST AVE |
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County: | Fond du Lac |
City: | Fond du Lac |
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Year Built: | 1921 |
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Survey Date: | 1988 |
Historic Use: | apartment/condominium |
Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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Wall Material: | Brick |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | El Dorado Apartments |
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National Register Listing Date: | 1/22/1992 |
State Register Listing Date: | 12/6/1991 |
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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. This four-story apartment building is constructed of red brick and decorated with simple Classical Revival motifs. The flat roof has a parapet marking the main entrances to the building. Also decorating these entrances are stone tabs with brick corbelling and simple frontispieces. Windows are eight over one light sashes. The building has been recently renovated. This building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a good example of a simple Classical Revival apartment building. Even more significantly, the building is a fine example of its type of construction, an early twentieth century apartment building. |
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Bibliographic References: | (A) Date of construction: Pt. 1 Application. (B) Fond du Lac City Directories. (C) Sanborn-Perris Maps - Fond du Lac. (D) Fond du Lac Tax Rolls. (E) Carol Cartwright, City of Fond du Lac Intensive Survey Report, Fond du Lac: City of Fond du Lac, 1992. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |