Property Record
303 S WALNUT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | James P. Lennon House |
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| Reference Number: | 39345 |
| Location (Address): | 303 S WALNUT ST |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Year Built: | 1875 |
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| Additions: | C. 1903 |
| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Composition Board |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | From "Appleton's Historic Old Third Ward Walking Tour" pamphlet, revised 2014 (www.focol.org/oldthirdward): "Lennon served as County Sheriff and Justice on the Peace. His descendants, the famous singing Lennon Sisters, have visited the home, as did Senator John F. Kennedy and his wife Jacqueline on a presidential campaign swing through Appleton. Home-owners have reported sightings of a ghostly woman wearing white in a bedroom too cold to be used. A ghost of a man wearing wing tip shoes also has appeared on the first floor." It's been said that the Lennon's would have live music on the porch. Elizabeth Lennon was allowed to live in this house until her death until her death--her bedroom has been converted into the kitchen on the second floor. Prior to the current house being built, Schweitzer's Meat Market stood here. The Lennon's children gifted them the current house for their 50th wedding anniversary. It is told they built the current house around the old building and disassembled the old building after the current house was built. Garage. Additional map codes are: 11/12. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |