Property Record
710 MACARTHUR AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank P. and Petra Keena House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 735 |
| Location (Address): | 710 MACARTHUR AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION: This large three story near-square plan house is strongly guided by Queen Anne style criteria calling for varied materials which here are a clapboard first floor, a stuccoed second floor, and a shingled flared gable for the third floor. This main gable is pierced by a wall dormer and has a return cornice. The symmetrical second story features a pair of rectangular 9/1 windows placed at the outer edge of the facade over a front veranda with columns that covers the off-center entry and large window. The narrow clapboard first floor's northwest facade has a variety of rectangular windows, two of which mark the stairwell. A one story extension at rear of house appears to be old, while the door on the northwest facade may be on alteration. SIGNIFICANCE: The house is significant for its pivotal role as a finely-detailed and well-preserved example of Queen Anne style architecture that was still in fashion in Ashland through the 1890s and early 1900s but which was modified by concurrent Late Picturesque stylistic trends. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] ASHLAND ASSESSOR'S CARD. Sanborn maps and deed information indicate that this house was likely moved here from another location between 1909 and 1923 (and likely closer to 1923). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |