Property Record
751 2ND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frederick and Mary Woltersdorf House |
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| Reference Number: | 41780 |
| Location (Address): | 751 2ND AVE |
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| County: | Eau Claire |
| City: | Eau Claire |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 1997 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A late Queen Anne residence which features clapboard and shingle siding and a picturesque profile provided by the gable roofs at the roofline. The irregularity of the Queen Anne style is reduced and replaced here with a more formal facade which is highlighted by an imposing classical veranda. The house has Colonial Revival details. Woltersdorf immigrated from Germany in 1858 and moved to Eau Claire in 1874 where he worked in a bookbindery and a barbershop before becoming a partner with Charles West in 1891 in a cigar manufacturing business in Eau Claire. The Woltersdorf's had one daughter, Hazel, who became the principal of the Bartlett (Third Ward) School and lived in this house after her parents deaths. 2016- "Woltersdorf immigrated from Germany in 1858 and moved to Eau Claire in 1874 where he worked in a bookbindery and a barbershop before becoming a partner in a cigar manufacturing business with Charles West in 1891. The West-Woltersdorf Cigar Store was located at 771 First Avenue. Frederick and his wife Mary had one daughter, Hazel. Hazel became the principal of Bartlett (Third War) School and resided in the home after her parents' deaths. The front of this late Queen Anne residence is dominated by a classically inspired porch consisting of a rusticated masonry base supporting substantial Ionic columns. The classical elements include large urns at the ends of the stair which are repeated in a small side entry on the south." -"Eau Claire Landmarks: Designated Historic Properties in Eau Claire, Wisconsin", Eau Claire Landmarks Commission, P.O. Box 5148, 2016. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Eau Claire Landmarks newsletter, 1999-2000. Eau Claire Landmarks booklet published by the Eau Claire Landmarks Commission in 2002. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |