Property Record
527 W PROSPECT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Col. Nathan & Virginia Morgan House |
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| Reference Number: | 40457 |
| Location (Address): | 527 W PROSPECT AVE |
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| County: | Outagamie |
| City: | Appleton |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 19912013 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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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): Colonel Morgan and Captain Henry Turner built and operated the Waverly Hotel, the first in the West "electrically lighted in every room." Selling his hotel interest, he turned to cattle dealing, then to politics, serving as city clerk and assessor." |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Architecture/History Survey: Replace Prospect Ave. Bridge Over Jackman St. & Realign Jackman St.” WHS project number 13-0343/OU. November 2011; February 2013. Prepared by Elizabeth Miller. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |