Property Record
1200 WASHINGTON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Richard Guenther House |
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| Reference Number: | 29882 |
| Location (Address): | 1200 WASHINGTON AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Additions: | 1913 |
| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | WILLIAM WATERS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Guenther, Richard, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/1/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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. "Restored" home of a significant statesman, early Oshkosh hospital. The three story corner tower is balanced by a front porch, balcony and gable composition. The building has been sided with composition siding. According to the city directories, this was the residence of Richard Guenther who was a mining engineer and a congressman of the Second Wisconsin district. Guenther was State Treasurer as a Republican from 1877-1881. From 1881 to 1889 he was in Congress and in 1891, was appointed Consul-general to Mexico. He had a daughter named Lillian. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Oshkosh City Directories 1886-98. (B) Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, Chicago, J.H. Beers, 1895, pp. 1042-1043. (C) Oshkosh Volunteers for Preservation Newsletter, Vol. 5, Autumn 1994. Oshkosh Sunday Times 12/16/1888. Oshkosh Northwestern 6/22/2003. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |