Property Record
207 S HARRISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | M. E. SCHRADER/FRANKLIN HALBERT HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 44745 |
| Location (Address): | 207 S HARRISON ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1869 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS IS LANCASTER'S FINEST EXAMPLE OF THE ITALIANATE STYLE. THE HOUSE IS CHARACTERIZED BY A THREE STORY TOWER CAPPED BY A MANSARD ROOF AND BY A MAIN BLOCK DISTINGUISHED BY HEAVY EAVE-LINE BRACKETS, SEGMENTAL ARCH OPENINGS AND "WRAP AROUND" VERNADAS. THIS T-PLAN, TWO-STORY BUILDING HAS A REDDISH BRICK EXTERIOR, ORIGINAL WINDOWS, AND STONE SILLS. THE 1983 INTENSIVE SURVEY DESCRIBED THE STYLE OF THE HOUSE AS BEING ITALIANATE-SECOND EMPIRE (TRANSITIONAL). THE STRUCTURE HAS RECENYLY BEEN RESTORED AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE SURVEY EVALUATION CRITERIA CONSISTS OF ARCHITECTURE/ ENGINEERING DATA. ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: LOCATED ON A SPACIOUS CORNER LOT, THIS HOUSE IS AN ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF TRANSITIONAL ITALIANATE-SECOND EMPIRE ARCHITECTURE. THE HANDSOME BRICK RESIDENCE, ITS DESIGN DOMINATED BY A THREE STORY TOWER, REPRESENTS A SUCCESSFUL AMALGAM OF THE TWO NINETEENTH CENTURY STYLES AND THUS CONTRIBUTES TO LANCASTER'S ARCHITECTURAL VARIETY. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: ACCORDING TO A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, FRANKLIN HALBERT PURCHASED THIS LAND IN 1876 AND SOMETIME BETWEEN THAT DATE AND 1890 WHEN HE DIED, CONSTRUCTED THIS RESIDENCE. IN 1899, HALBERT'S DESCENDENTS SOLD THE HOUSE TO JOHN REED WHO IN TURN SOLD IT TO HORACE HYMER WITH WHOM THE STRUCTURE IS MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED. HORACE (JOHN?) HYMER WAS A GRANT COUNTY SHERIFF IN 1899. HYMER DIED IN 1924 BUT THE HOUSE REMAINED IN THE FAMILY UNTIL 1963. (C). HORACE HYMER IS NOT LISTED IN THE 1898 CITY DIRECTORY BUT THE HOUSE IS INCLUDED IN THE LANCASTER SOUVENIR. (A). TAX RECORD RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1868-69 FOR M. E. SCHRADER, WHO SOLD IT TO FRANKLIN HALBERT THE NEXT YEAR. THE 1875 BIRD'S EYE VIEW SUGGESTS THAT THE HOUSE'S ROOF ORIGINALLY HAD A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION AND IT APPEARS THAT THE CURRENT ROOF AND THE MANSARD PORTION ON THE TOWER WERE PART OF A LATER POST-1875 REMODELING. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LANCASTER GRANT CO. HERALD INDEPENDENT, 10/25/90. A. WATTON'S SOUVENIR OF LANCASTER, 1900, P. 52. C. GRANT COUNTY INDEPENDENT, 23 MAY 1963. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF LANCASTER, WI. NEW YORK: 1912, 1927, 1927 (UPDATED TO 1940). CITY OF LANCASTER REAL ESTATE TAX ASSESSMENT ROLLS. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LANCASTER, WISCONSIN. MADISON: J. J. STONER, 1875. ATLAS OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN. MINNEAPOLIS: C. M. FOOTE, 1895. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |