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320 S BROADWAY

Historic Name:
Louis Smith Tainter House

Other Name:
UW-Stout, Foundation Office, STO 0062

Reference Number:
21651

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Property Location

Location (Address)

320 S BROADWAY

County

Dunn

City/Village

Menomonie

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1889

Additions

Survey Date

1978,2011

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Romanesque Revival

Structural System

Wall Material

Sandstone

Architect

Harvey Ellis

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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, State Historic Preservation Office. ROUND ARCH ENTRANCE AND PORCH ARCADE. ROUGH CUT STONE WALLS W/GEOMETRIC STONEWORK & DENTILLING AT EAVES. ROUND SIDE TOWER W/CONICAL ROOF & MITERED ARCH MOTIF. PARAPET. LARGE STONE CHIMNEYS W/TALL FLUTED CAPS. TAINTER BECAME V.P. OF KNAPP, STOUT LUMBER CO IN 1899. THE BUILDING WAS ACQUIRED BY THE SCHOOL FROM THE WILSON FAMILY IN 1940 AND NAMED MARY EICHELBERGER HALL. WILSON WAS IMPORTANT IN KNAPP STOUT. THE BUILDING WAS PAID FOR OUT OF A $20,000 LEGACY PROVIDED IN THE WILL OF MRS. MARY EICHELBERGER OF HORICON, WI. THE BUILDING WAS CONVERTED INTO A DORMITORY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 WOMEN BY 9/1945.

Bibliographic References

CURTIS-WEDGE & JONES, GEORGE "HISTORY OF DUNN CO, WI" P254 (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN: H C COOPER JR & CO 1925). DWIGHT AGNEW "A HISTORY OF STOUT STATE UNIVERSITY (1893-1966). WALKER WYMAN ED. HISTORY OF WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITIES (1866-1968), PP. 262-263. "ANNUAL CATALOG, THE STOUT INSTITUTE, 1941-1942", P. 22; 1944-1945, P. 14. Eau Claire Leader Telegram 12/19/2000.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Tainter, Louis Smith, House

National Register Listing Date

Jul 18, 1974

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Romanesque Revival

Dunn
County

Menomonie
Community

1880-1889
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI21651

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Photographs

Mabel Tainter Memorial Building

1900

The Mabel Tainter Memorial building was a facility erected in 1889-1890 with funds provided by Andrew Tainter, part owner and manager of the Knapp, Stout and Co. Lumber Co. It was designed by archi...

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205 MAIN ST E

29383

Located in Menomonie, Dunn County

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Interior of Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

1975

The interior of the Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater. The Mabel Tainter Memorial building was a facility erected in 1889-1890 with funds provided by Andrew Tainter, part owner and manager of the Knap...

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Newspaper Article/Clipp...

Menomonie in the making, story of years, by Knapp

Aug 16, 1928

Dunn County News

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Interior of Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

1975

The interior of the Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater, designed by architect Harvey Ellis. The Mabel Tainter Memorial building was a facility erected in 1889-1890 with funds provided by Andrew Tainter...

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