Property Record
306 N WASHINGTON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Drew & Charles Straw House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 79371 |
| Location (Address): | 306 N WASHINGTON ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1892 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862004 |
| 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: | North Washington Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/23/2009 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/17/2009 |
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| Additional Information: | Two story shed roofed south bay; "rising sun" motif on ends of roof; two story north bay window; half-timber ornament in gable ends; rows of decorative shingles alternated with plain shingles ornament the surface; front cross gable projecting over facade. This was the home of Drew and Charles Straw of Straw and Murphy, prominent decorator store merchants, between c. 1893 and c. 1900. Later, Robert Leck, city attorney, lived here between c. 1930 and c. 1936. This 1890s house, an example of the front gabled subtype of the Queen Anne style, features unusual half-timber trim in the front gable, shingled gable ends and shingled bands alternating with horizontal siding on the upper story as well as an overhanging front gable and two-story bay window that create the irregularity of form and wall surface essential of the Queen Anne style in the city constructed in wood are the houses at 809 Clyman St. (43-28), 803 Clyman St. (43/27), and 188 N. Washington St. (55/18). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct STH 26 (Church St.): STH 19 To Union Pacific RR.” WHS project number 04-0759/DO/JE. February 2004. Prepared by Carol Cartwright. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |