Property Record
300 W PROSPECT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Thomas and Ophelia Brown House |
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| Reference Number: | 40364 |
| Location (Address): | 300 W PROSPECT AVE |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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): "Yankee Thomas W. Brown came to Appleton in 1854 and opened a pump manufacturing business in 1863. The exact date of this house is not known, but it may be 1856, the year Brown is credited with erecting the city's first brick dwelling. His second wife Ophelia taught at and was a trustee of Lawrence University. In 1891 John Hart Whorton purchased the home for his daughter Eliza Powell and her husband. They began renting rooms in the 1920s, a tradition which continues today." Attached rear garage. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |