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404-404 1/2 W PROSPECT AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
404-404 1/2 W PROSPECT AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:40370
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):404-404 1/2 W PROSPECT AVE
County:Outagamie
City:Appleton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1880
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Gabled Ell
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stucco
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:From "Appleton's Historic Old Third Ward Walking Tour" pamphlet, revised 2014 (www.focol.org/oldthirdward):
"This home appears on 1880s Sanborn Fire Maps possibly built as a tenement house. In 1897 George Potts, one of Appleton's young businessmen, and his wife Mamie (Bushnell) lived here. Potts patented machines for pasteurizing milk and cream and, at age thirty, was senior partner of Potts and Wood Creamery. The community was shocked when George died in 1898 after a five-day illness. Nevertheless, the business continued into the 20th century. In 1910 Matthias and Mary Schmidt purchased the property, using it for rental income and their retirement home."

Garage.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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