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PHOTOS 72/11 FRONT AND SIDE FROM WEST; 72/12 FRONT AND SIDE FROM EAST; 71/13 REAR. WHORTON OWNED A LUMBER BUSINESS AND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK OF APPLETON. RELATED BUILDINGS: GARAGE; GAZEBO.
This structure is a single-family home that was constructed in 1870 and is an example of the High Victorian Italianate Villa style. John Hart Whorton was instrumental in the organization of the Fox River Paper Company. The house was designated as a local historic structure in 2000.
From "Appleton's Historic Old Third Ward Walking Tour" pamphlet, revised 2014 (www.focol.org/oldthirdward):
"Lumbermen John and William Whorton left New Brunswick bound for the Territory of "Westconstant" in 1850. After years in the lumber business, John helped organize the Fox River Paper Company in 1882, serving as Vice President and General Manager. As a major stockholder in the Commercial National Bank he became Vice President, then President. News was made when a runaway team of spirited horses cleared Whorton's iron fence with their wagon and came up against the house. National Register of Historic Places."
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315 W. Prospect Ave.
74000114
Located in Appleton, Outagamie County
