Property Record
1310 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOHN RUKA RESIDENCE |
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| Reference Number: | 44193 |
| Location (Address): | 1310 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Boscobel |
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| Year Built: | 1873 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian 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: | ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: THE RUKA RESIDENCE HAS UNDERGONE A NUMBER OF REMODLEINGS WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF THE DESIGN. THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF THE BUILDIG WAS APPARENTLY ITALIANATE IN STYLE WITH BRACKETS LINING THE PROJECTING CORNICE AND WINDOW CAPS TRIMMING THE REGULARLY DISPOSED FENSTRATION. SUBSEQUENT (1915) ADDITIONS RESULTED IN A COLONIAL REVIVAL FLAVOR WITH GABLE ROOFS ADDED AND SEMICIRCULAR WINDOWS INSERTED IN GABLE ENDS. BREEZEWAY, GARAGE AND REAR ADDITION WERE ADDED IN 1965. THE HOUSE EXHIBITS A NUMBER OF STYLISTIC CHANGES AND RECORDS THE TRENDS OF THE VARIOUS PERIODS. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: THE RESIDENCE WAS CONSTRUCTED BY JOHN RUKA, SR. RUKA HAD ARRIVED IN BOSCOBEL IN 1858 AND WITH HIS BROTHER BEGAN A BLACKSMITH SHOP. HIS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES LATER EXPANDED TO WAGON AND CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING (RUKA BROS. MFG. CO.). |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. NANCY RUKA SWENSON, BOSCOBEL 1982. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |