Property Record
109 N MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Andrew Dahl House |
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| Reference Number: | 73490 |
| Location (Address): | 109 N MAIN ST |
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| County: | Vernon |
| City: | Westby |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Survey Date: | 199520181975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| 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: | 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, State Historic Preservation Office. This house was resided in aluminum in the 1970s. 1995- This unusual Queen Anne style house was built in 1888 as the home of Andrew Dahl (?-1928). Dahl was one of Westby's most prominent early businessmen and politicians and he achieved statewide prominence during his six-term tenure in the state legislature and in the years from 1906-1912, when he served as the state treasurer. The Dahl family continued to live in the house until 1941. In 1959, it was purchased by Ray and Conalee Rude, who raised their daughter Brenda and their son Brian, who became a state senator from the 32nd district, in the house. The Dahl house is cruciform in plan, is two-stories in height, has a fieldstone foundation, and it is sheltered by an asphalt shingle-covered multi-gable roof whose gable ends are decorated with elaborate gable ornaments. The most notable feature of the house is the square tower at the left side of the northwest- facing main facade, the pavilion-shaped roof of which has bracketed and flared eaves. Also notable is the full-width front porch, which still retains a large portion of its original wooden ornamentation. House has now been resided in wide-gauge metal siding. 2018: "This two-story Queen Anne-style house (Figures 19 and 20) was built in 1888 and originally was the home of Andrew Dahl, a prominent local businessman and later Wisconsin state treasurer. 10 The building has a stone foundation, widegauge aluminum siding, and asphalt-shingled cross gable roof. The two-bay-wide asymmetrical fa9ade consists of a front gable bay on the south half and pyramid-roofed tower with flared eaves and shed dormers on the north half. The full width front porch has a pent roof, turned wood posts and railings, and decorative spindlework. Other decorative details include half-wheels in the front gable and paired brackets beneath the eaves of the tower. Windows are primarily one-over-one sashes, which are grouped in pairs on the first and second stories of the front gable bay and on the first story of the south elevation. On the second story of the tower portion of the facade is a three part window with a center one-over-one sash flanked on either side by a narrow one-over-one sash. Both the north and south side elevations include a projecting gable bay. At the rear, southeast comer of the house is a second porch, and a one-story shed-roofed addition extends off the building's rear, northeast corner." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Gulsvig, Margaret. "Home of the Politicians." Westby Times, June 22, 1988. "USH 14 Transportation Study ", WisDOT ID #1646-07-00, Prepared by Timothy F Heggland (1995). photo code VE25/21 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |