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David Taylor came from New York to Sheboygan in 1846 to establish a law practice and quickly rose to prominence as a legislator and judge. In the early 1850s, he hired Henry Roth, a contractor and mason, to erect this stately Italianate house. The low-hipped roof, bracketed eaves, dentil course at the roofline, and square belvedere typify the style. The original ornamental porch columns have been replaced, and the roof cresting and shutters are gone.
In 1905, Taylor’s heirs sold the property to Sheboygan County, which turned the estate over to the County Asylum. Inmates worked on the farm to produce dairy products and vegetables, and their overseer lived in the house. In 1915, the county remodeled the residence into a workhouse, where vagrants and prisoners lived while they worked on the farm as part of their sentence. Both uses reflected a late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century reform ideal, which held that physical labor on the land would rehabilitate the spirit.
BUILT BY HENRY E. ROTH AND FRANK SCHWARTZ. IS A SHEBOYGAN COUNTY LANDMARK. Charles Cole lived here at one time.
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E OF TAYLOR DR, BTW WILGUS AND ERIE AVES
162722
Located in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
E OF TAYLOR DR, BTW WILGUS AND ERIE AVES
221054
Located in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
E OF TAYLOR DR, BTW WILGUS AND ERIE AVES
162721
Located in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
