Property Record
706 E FOREST AVE (WAS 532)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Henry Spencer Smith House |
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| Reference Number: | 62166 |
| Location (Address): | 706 E FOREST AVE (WAS 532) |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Neenah |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | William Waters |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Smith, Henry Spencer, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/25/1982 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. An altered style Queen Anne home with colonial revival features. The house was extensively enlarged by the Smiths, engulfing Waters' original design. Marked by unusually continuous interior space. Henry Smith was the son of pioneer industrialist Elisha D. Smith of Menasha. Taking a minor role in the family's Menasha wooden ware company, he indulged his family as few other local industrialists ever did. The home (and its size) is an outstanding example of the extravagant lifestyle maintained in Neenah. The house was previously surveyed in 1981 with a map code of 6/21 on city engineers base map(also surveyed in 2001). The 2004 map code is 156/11a. This house is also included in the East Forest Avenue Historic District, listed in 2005. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. 1893 Neenah Tax Roll, p.66 B. One third crew, one third boat, one third luck, p.59. East Forest Avenue Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, 2005. “East Forest Avenue Historic District Preservation Plan.” April 2012. Neenah Wisconsin Landmarks Commission. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |