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Property Record

1706 E MAIN ST

Historic Name:
Tillie Krause House
Other Name:
Reference Number:
45701

Property Location

Location (Address)
1706 E MAIN ST
County
Lincoln
City/Village
Merrill
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1885
Additions
Survey Date
2001
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Unknown
Wall Material
Clapboard
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
The Tillie Krause House is significant under Criteron C as a good example of vernacular residential architecture with Gothic Revival influence in Merrill, and as a contributing resource in the East Main Street Residential Historic District.

In 1915 Tillie Krauss was listed as living with her husband E.G. Krauss at 1024 1/2 Main Street. Apparently he died and she moved, as she is listed at this address from 1921 to as late as 1945, apparently taking in tenants, as non-family members also resided at this address.

2001-
2-story vernacular, side gabled house. Frame construction, sheathed in clapboard, resting on a concrete foundation that may have been refaced some time after its orig. construction.

Gable ends feature decorative brackets and trusses.

Fenestration is symmetrical, an all windows are 2-over2 double-hung sash.

A protruding gable is prominent on the facade, with schoolwork vergeboards in the gable end. A gabled porch is located onthe front facade with decorative brackets and simple wood posts. The porch is not original and ay have been added or altered in the 1920s.

Although vernacular in design, elements of the Gothic Revival style are evident in the vergeboards and decorative trusses.

Bibliographic References
A. Merrill City Directories, 1893 to 1945, located at T.B. Scott Free Library, Merrill, Wisconsin. Architecture and History Survey for WisDOT project #9016-06-00. 2001, Mead & Hunt Inc.

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
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