315 N Second St

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Edward and Mary Davies House
315 N. Second Street, Platteville, Grant County
Date of Construction: 1864

The Edward and Mary Davies House was constructed in 1864 for Welsh-born blacksmith Edward Davies and his family. The house was built in a gabled ell vernacular form utilizing locally produced red brick and incorporating distinct references to the Greek Revival style that had become popular in Wisconsin by the middle of the nineteenth century. With both an exterior and interior that have undergone few substantial alterations in more than 150 years, the Davies House is one of the most intact mid-nineteenth-century vernacular brick houses remaining in Platteville today.

The building is characterized by its red brick construction, its fieldstone foundation, and its textured stone window sills and lintels. Features representative of the Greek Revival style include the building’s overall proportions and massing (which indicate the “gable front and wing” subtype of the Greek Revival style), the balanced composition of its primary façade, the use of squared wood columns with Doric capitals in the front porch, and the incorporation of Classically-inspired window and door surrounds in the front parlor. Although modest in size and style, the Edward and Mary Davies House is significant as one of Platteville’s oldest and most intact brick residences.

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