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270 E HIGH ST

Architecture and History Inventory
270 E HIGH ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
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Reference Number:75007
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):270 E HIGH ST
County:Lafayette
City:Shullsburg
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1890
Additions:
Survey Date:1982
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect: Dr. C. C. Gratiot
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Vernacular Victorian frame with sloping roof accented with a bracketed pent roof and a two-sided spindle porch featuring a pediment decorated with an appliqued rising sun design. Intersecting gables, cut-out roof areas, an irregular porch roof profile, a bracketed pent roof over a champered bay and an oriel window combine to give a very irregular character to this frame, two-story structure. The two-sided, spindle decorated, off-center entrance porch featuring a pediment decorated with an appliqued rising sun design and supported by slender turned post adds further interest to this picturesque composition. Apparently the house has been sided and altered by an addition at the rear. This structure is significant to the community because it is one of three remaining houses that were designed by Dr. C. C. Gratiot, a local physician from a prominent family, an amateur architect, and a community leader.
Bibliographic References:A. "Seq. History of Shullsburg, 1827-1977," (Shullsburg, WI: Historical Soc., 1977), p. 76. b. Gregory, "Southwestern Wisconsin," 1932, Vol. III, pp. 38-41. C. Wisconsin Necrology, Vol. p.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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