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900 E 3RD ST

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900 E 3RD ST

Historic Name:
O'Day, John House

Other Name:

Reference Number:
21767

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Property Location

Location (Address)

900 E 3RD ST

County

Lincoln

City/Village

Merrill

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1900

Additions

Survey Date

1991

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Early Gothic Revival

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

STEEPLY PITCHED GABLES W/ BARGEBOARDS & KING POST TRUSSES W/ PENDANTS. POLYGONAL BAY W/ MOULDED AND DENTILLED EAVES & MOULDED WOOD PANELS. BAY W/ PAIRED SCROLL CUT BRACKETS. ROUND ARCH PAIRED GABLE WINDOWS W/ BRICK LINTELS. SEGMENTAL ARCH & FLAT ARCH 1ST FLR WINDOWS. THE JOHN O'DAY HOUSE IS SIGNIFICANT UNDER CRITERION C AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF BRICK GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE ARCHITECTURE IN MERRILL. ON JUNE 28, 1856 JOHN O'DAY WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, AND HE GREW UP NEAR WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN. AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE T.B. SCOTT LUMBER COMPANY (NOT EXTANT), O'DAY STARTED HIS OWN LOGGING FIRM WITH JOHN DALY OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. O'DAY CAME TO MERRILL IN 1881 AND IN 1889 ORGANIZED THE MERRILL RAILWAY AND LIGHTING COMPANY (NOT EXTANT) WITH J.N. COTTER AND OTHERS. HE ALSO ORGANIZED THE MERRILL IRON WORKS AND HELD BUSINESS INTERESTS IN THE GRANDFATHER FALLS PAPER COMPANY. MAYOR OF MERRILL FROM 1904-1905, JOHN O'DAY IN 1906 HELPED ESTABLISH THE MERRILL CHAPTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. O'DAY APPARENTLY HAD THIS HOUSE CONSTRUCTED CIRCA 1900, AND HE LIVED HERE UNTIL AS LATE AS 1921. BY 1930 THE HOUSE IS THE RESIDENCE OF BERNHARD MEYER.

Bibliographic References

(A) Centennial Edition. (B) 50 Golden Years of Knights of Columbus, 1902-1952. (C) Merrill City Directories, 1893 to 1945, located at T.B. Scott Free Library, Merrill, WI.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

Yes

house Early Gothic Revival

Lincoln
County

Merrill
Community

1900-1909
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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