Property Record
590 PRAIRIE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Knapp-Baker House |
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| Reference Number: | 91530 |
| Location (Address): | 590 PRAIRIE ST |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Prairie du Sac |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. 1997 "This frame Italianate was built in 1880 by Oliver S. Knapp on 3 acres of land purchased from Lavellette Tabor, an early village business man. Later it became the home of Thomas Baker, Post Master from 1861 to 1894. It was also the home of Jennie Baker, grade school teacher and world traveler. for some years it served the community as a rest home." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society, Looking to the Past... A Tour of Historic Prairie du Sac Wisconsin Homes & Businesses, 1997. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |