Property Record
217 E ELM ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | William P. Marshall House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 43079 |
| Location (Address): | 217 E ELM ST |
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| County: | Pierce |
| City: | River Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 19902014 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial Revival |
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| 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: | Seemingly built as an investment property; sold to Ernest E. Buck in 1905. Marshall was an insurance agent; he and his family moved to California by no later than 1910. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax rolls, 1901 (Marshall owner, valuation was $650), 1902 (valuation $1625); 1910 (Ernest Buck owner). River Falls Journal, 18 April 1901, "WP Marshall is excavating for a new house just west of his house on Elm Street." River Falls Journal, 11 July 1901, "JS Wadsworth moved to new house completed by WP Marshall on Elm Street built by Nels Nelson." River Falls Journal, 18 May 1905, "E. Buck buys the new WP Marshall house on Elm Street." |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |