Property Record
197 SHEBOYGAN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | MILTON AND HELEN SIMMONS HOUSE |
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Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 46800 |
Location (Address): | 197 SHEBOYGAN ST |
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County: | Fond du Lac |
City: | Fond du Lac |
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Year Built: | 1885 |
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Survey Date: | 1991 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | East Division Street - Sheboygan Street Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 4/17/2010 |
State Register Listing Date: | 2/19/2010 |
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Additional Information: | This two story house with a gabled ell plan has a steeply-pitched gable roof that is decorated with elaborate scroll bargeboard. The house is covered with clapboards and windows are decorated with wooden architrave surrounds. A large round-arched window decorates the second story of the front wall. There is an elliptically-arched eyebrow windows in the roof of the one-story ell. This house is a fine exmaple of the gabled ell vernacular form with Gothic Revival details. The house has the typical two-story main block and one-story ell of the gabled ell form. The fancy bargeboard and window trim, along with the steep pitch of the roof strongly suggests the Gothic Revival style. This building well illustrates how such details can make even a simple vernacular house more stylish and attractive. This was the home of Milton and Helen Simmons between 1887 and 1932. Milton Simmons was a banker, inlater years the Cashier of the Commerical National Bank. This house is not historically significant. Further research may uncover information that makes it significant in the future. |
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Bibliographic References: | (A) Fond du Lac City Directories. (B) Fond du Lac Reporter 6/29/1995. (C) Sanborn-Perris Maps - Fond du Lac. (D) Fond du Lac Tax Rolls. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |