| Additional Information: | This two-story, red brick and half-timber house was built in 1908 and has an impressive interior.
2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up:
Rising two-and-one-half stories, this early Tudor Revival-style house is sheathed with brick as well as stucco and false half-timber finish. Oriented to Michigan Avenue, a two-story, gabled wing extends from the approximate center of a side-gabled block. Wide overhanging eaves with exposed rafter tails detail the gabled roofline, while the open front porch extends west of the main block to create a porte cochere. Windows throughout the house are multiple-light sash examples, some of which may be replacements.
Designed by the Milwaukee firm of Ferry & Clas and constructed by William C. Weeks, this house was originally built in 1908 for William A. & Rhoda Reiss. Born in Sheboygan in 1884, William attended local schools and, in 1903, began an apprenticeship in Milwaukee. That same year he joined the family business as an office clerk at the C. Reiss Coal Company. He served as company secretary from 1907 to 1916 and, for the next ten years, as vice president. In 1926, he became the president, the position of which he maintained until 1958, when he became chairman of the board. In 1909, he married Sheboygan native Rhoda Rietow who graduated from the University of Wisconsin the year previous. They had four children. The Reisses moved to Lake Court and the house passed to their daughter, Mrs. Robert Testwuide. In 1959, The Riesses’ nephew, Walter J. Vollrath Jr., his wife June and their family moved into the house. The house was designated as a Sheboygan County landmark in 1982. The next owner was Susan Hundley, who operated the English Manor Bed and Breakfast from 1997 until 2014, when a fire occurred, damaging the interior of the home. The house was unoccupied from 2014 through 2020.
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006.
Citations for the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up:
“Mrs. William A. Reiss is Summoned Today: Services on Saturday,” The Sheboygan Press, 14 January 1953, 1; “William A. Reiss is Honored for His 50 Years With Reiss Co.,” The Sheboygan Press, 1 December 1953, 15; “William A. Reiss Summoned,” The Sheboygan Press, 26 October 1959, 1, 10; “Five Homes in City to be Landmarked Saturday,” The Sheboygan Press, 7 October 1982, 14; “Parade of Homes,” The Sheboygan Press, 9 October 1994, 19; “Tourists Help B&Bs Grow,” The Sheboygan Press, 16 September 1997, 4; Tara Jones, “Look Through This Fixer Upper Home Formerly Used as a Sheboygan Bed and Breakfast Before a 2014 Fire,” The Sheboygan Sun, 30 December 2020, Available online at https://www.sheboygansun.com/real_estate/look-through-this-fixer-upper-home-formerly-used-as-a-sheboygan-bed-and-breakfast-before/article_f5d1767c-44a0-11eb-80d3-ab3064c87f10.html, Accessed December 2023. |
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