428 E WATER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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428 E WATER ST

Architecture and History Inventory
428 E WATER ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Dr. C. Charles Gratiot
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Reference Number:80749
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):428 E WATER ST
County:Lafayette
City:Shullsburg
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1896
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Survey Date:1982
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: C.C. Gratiot
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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: A frame vernacular Victorian two-story that combines a hip roof with projecting front and side gabled bays to achieve the multiple projections popular in picturesque houses of the period. A chambered corner on the west side, a small porch at the upper level, and a two-sided porch with pedimented entrances and turned support posts add additional elements of irregularity to the compositon. Cut shingles decorate the gable ends. Shingles also are arranged in a horizontal band across the center of the facades, emphasizing the structural division of the two-story in a fashion similar to the house at 541 N. Judgement. The best example of a frame vernacular Victorian house in Shullsburg, this house ia also significant because it is one of three remaining houses known to be the work of the local physician/architect C.C. Gratiot. In addition, the house was designed by Dr. Gratiot for his family where they lived until 1919.
Bibliographic References:(A) Seq. History of Shullsburg, 1827-1977, p. 76. (B) Gregory, Southwestern Wis., 1932, Vol. III, p. 38-41. (C) Wisconsin Necrology. (D) Charles Harty, 634 N. Adams St., Janesville, WI.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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