Property Record
101 E PLEASANT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARY AND ARTHUR AMASA PORTER HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 3701 |
| Location (Address): | 101 E PLEASANT ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | F.L. LINDSEY |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Church Hill Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/25/1997 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 3/25/1996 |
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| Additional Information: | PORTER'S REPLACED THE ORIGINAL PORCH WITH AN ENCLOSED PORCH AFTER 1924; THEY LIVED IN THE HOUSE UNTIL 1977. A.A. PORTER WAS THE COLUMBIA COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS, POSTMASTER, AND EDITOR, PUBLISHER OF THE PORTAGE REGISTER DEMOCRAT. STEEP, CLOSED GABLES WITH BRACKETS; RECESSED WINDOWS WITH MINIATURE IONIC COLUMNS AND SWAGS, AND SHINGLING; TWO AND A HALF STORY BAY WITH SIMILAR FEATURES TO FRONT GABLE; STICK WORK; WIDE EAVES; WRAPAROUUND PORCH WITH DENTICULATED FRIEZE, BRICK COLUMNS AND RAIL AND WINDOWS WITH FANLIGHT. GARAGE. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PORTAGE 1987 LANDMARKS CALENDAR. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |