Property Record
335 LAKE RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Dr. Fred G. & Barbara Jensen Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 60708 |
| Location (Address): | 335 LAKE RD |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Menasha |
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| Year Built: | 1938 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Richard E. Kelley |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1984/86--Owner of the Jensen Clinic, Dr. Fred G. Jensen was a prominent surgical physician in Menasha. His house on Lake Road was constructed in 1938. The Dr. Fred G. Jensen House is associated with one of the most prominent surgical physicians in Menasha. The Dr. Fred G. Jensen House is located on Doty island on a small peninsula bordering the Fox River. Situated in a secluded neighborhood, the Jensen House is a two-story rectangular brick residence from the Elizabethan Revival Period of construction featuring a large hexagonal tower. The roof material is asphalt, the bond is American, and the foundations are brick. The roofline of the tower, hosue and attached garage features a dentilated cornice. The irregularly spaced casement windows are either single or paired. The window casings feature relieving arches and stone sills. The Dr. Fred G. Jensen House is a contributor to the Lake Road Historic District. The following material is from the 2009 Intensive Survey of Menasha: Sheathed with whitewashed brick, this multi-storied and essentially side-gabled, Tudor Revival-style house is dominated by a two (+) story, polygonal tower that carries a staggered grouping of three, segmental-arched, multiple-light windows. The home's primary entrance is found immediately south (to the right) of the stair tower. Windows throughout the house are generally irregularly arranged either singly or in pairs and all feature multiple-light sashes. An exterior chimney occupies the windowless wall of the home's southernmost wing, while a two-car garage anchors the house on the north side. Dentil-like trim runs beneath the roof's eave along all wings of the house and the roof is sheathed with green asphalt shingles. Completed in 1938, this house was originally built by Dr. Frederick and Barbara Jensen. The designer of the home was local architect Richard Kelly. Frederick Jensen was born in 1907 in Colby, Wisconsin, the son of Dr. Anton and Irma Jensen. Shortly thereafter, the Jensens moved to Menasha, where Fred graduated from high school in 1925. After first attending Marquette University, he later transferred to the University of Wisconsin and would ultimately graduate in 1932 with his medical degree from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York University. After a year of residency at Bellevue Hospital, he returned to Menasha, where he joined his father's practice and married his wife Barbara; together they had three daughters. Thereafter, Fred ran the Jensen Clinic (located at 222 Washington Street) along with his brother Richard until his death in 1972, at the age of sixty-five. Jensen had earlier served as the Chief of Staff at Theda Clark Memorial Hospital and was a past president of the Winnebago County Medical Society. His widow Barbara remained at the home until at least 1980. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. 1934 Directory of Neenah Menasha; page 61. B. 1938 Tax Roll, City of Menasha; page 159. "Completed Course in Medical College," Appleton Post-Crescent, 4 June 1932, 7/4. "Dr. Stricken Suddenly at his Home on Birthday," Appleton Post-Crescent, 11 December 1934, 13/5. "Doctor's Estate Goes to Widow's Daughters," The Daily Northwestern, 22 November 1974, 5/1-2. Name of architect--Richard Kelly-- gleaned from a conversation between current owner George J. Ker and former owner Mary Jensen, October 2009. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |