Property Record
402 S MADISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | RICHARD MEYER, JR., HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 44940 |
| Location (Address): | 402 S MADISON ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | PROJECTING GABLES, BAY WINDOWS AND AN UPPER STORY PORCH DEMARKED BY A ROUND ARCH OPENING DISTINGUISH THIS QUEEN ANNE RESIDENCE. BUILT IN 1893, THIS HOUSE HAS AN IRREGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A MULTI-GABLE ROOF, A CUT STONE FOUNDATION, A CLAPBOARD EXTERIOR AND ALUMINUM WINDOWS. (A). THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. SINCE IT WAS FIRST SURVEYED IN 1976 THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN RESIDED IN VINYL. RICHARD MEYER, JR. RESIDED IN THE HOUSE FROM C. 1895 TO 1921. (A,C) HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: RICHARD MEYER, JR. WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEYER-SHOWALTER BANK (NOW THE UNION BANK & TRUST, 105 WEST MAPLE STREET, 47/33), A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WHICH EVOLVED FROM THE RYLAND AND HOLLOWAY PARTNERSHIP FORMED IN 1861. IN THAT YEAR, GEORGE W. RYLAND AND J. C. HOLLOWAY ORGANIZED A PRIVATE BANKING BUSINESS THAT CONTINUED UNTIL HOLLOWAY WITHDREW IN 1875. RYLAND REMAINED IN THE BUSINESS ALONE UNTIL 1880, AT WHICH TIME RICHARD MEYER, SR., AN EXPERIENCED BANKER WHO ALREADY HELD THE POSTION AS CASHIER, AND HIS SON RICHARD MEYER, JR. WERE ADDED TO THE FIRM THAT THEN BECAME GEORGE W. RYLAND & COMPANY. SUBSEQUENTLY, RYLAND RETIRED FROM THE BANK (IN 1887) AND ESTABLISHED THE STATE BANK OF GRANT COUNTY (108 S. MADISON STREET, 42/18). HIS FORMER ENTERPRISE BECAME RICHARD MEYER & COMPANY UNTIL IT WAS REORGANIZED AS THE MEYER-SHOWALTER BANK IN 1892. RICHARD MEYER, JR. SERVED AS CASHIER IN THAT INSTITUTION AND LATER IN ITS SUCCESSOR, THE UNION STATE BANK (NOW UNION BANK & TRUST). (C,D,E) THE MEYER RESIDENCE IS PICTURED IN LANCASTER'S SOUVENIR. (B) |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. TAX ASSESSMENT REOCRDS, ARC, UW-PLATTEVILLE. B. WATTON'S SOUVENIR OF LANCASTER, 1900, P. 55. C. GRANT COUNTY NEWS, 25 FEBRUARY 1921. D. HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN (CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL CO., 1881), P. 674. E. CASTELLO HOLFORD, HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN (LANCASTER: THE TELLER PRINT, 1900), P. 427. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF LANCASTER, WI. NEW YORK: 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927, 1927 (UPDATED TO 1940). BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LANCASTER, WISCONSIN. MADISON: J. J. STONER, 1875. ATLAS OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN. MINNEAPOLIS: C. M. FOOTE, 1895. GRANT COUNTY HERALD: FEB. 25, 1892, P. 5; MAY 18, 1893, P.5; JULY 27, 1893, P. 5. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |