405 DAHL ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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405 DAHL ST

Architecture and History Inventory
405 DAHL ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Morris and Lena McRae House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:81354
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):405 DAHL ST
County:Oneida
City:Rhinelander
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1913
Additions:
Survey Date:1995
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Front Gabled
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Asbestos
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:405 Dahl Street Morris and Lena McRae House
This one-and-one-half-story front-gabled frame vernacular house is clad with wood shingles and
has a mix of six-over-one and diamond-pane-over-one, double-hung sash windows (reminiscent
of medieval or Colonial quarrels). The house probably was built by and for contractor Morris
McRae (and wife Lena) circa 1913, and originally looked very much like the house at 116 East
King Street (which see), with a cutaway front porch. Between 1920 and 1929, the cutaway front
porch was enclosed for then owner, Fay Marshall (1920 and 1920 Sanborn Map of Rhinelander).
Morris McRae was a carpenter/contractor active in Rhinelander from at least 1897 to at least
1927 (Wisconsin State Gazetteers; Rhinelander City Directories). He may have been the son of
Rhinelander pioneer carpenter/contractor, Alex McRae, a Scotsman by birth. The Tudor Revival
enclosed entry porch with steeply-pitched roof on the front of the house appears to date from
circa 1940.
Bibliographic References:
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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