Property Record
813 LAWE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 29546 |
| Location (Address): | 813 LAWE ST |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Kaukauna |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
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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: | Description: A mansard roof "hides" the upper floor of this frame Second Empire house. Gabled dormers project from the roof. The original exterior siding remains intact although an entrance porch with a flat roof is in need of repair. Most of the windows are double hung. History: 1897 county directories list Gustav Fleck as carpenter/contractor with residence also at this building. He built the building in the 1880s and live in it until 1903. George Kispert, superintendent and 25-year employee of the Outagamie Paper Mill, lived here with his family from 1904-1911. George's father, Philip, was one of the early pioneers of Outagamie County, a miller by occupation. George Kispert, Jr. started his own business at age 19, becoming proprietor of a prosperous plumbing and steamfitting establishment in Kaukauna. Resident from 1917-1919, Carl Hoehne was manager of Hoehne Machine Works, Kaukauna. Julius J. Marten, owner of J.J. Marten's Department Store, owned it from 1946-1955, continuing the list of independent businessmen to have owned this structure. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Tax rolls B. Outagamie County City Directories, 1897, 1901, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1919, 1921, 1938 C. Ryan, Thomas H. History of Outagamie County, 1911, Goodspeed Historical Association, Chicago, p.1231 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |