310 St Clair Ave

310 St Clair Ave

Sheboygan

Sheboygan

1912

house

Prairie School

Stucco

No

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. 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write up: Topped with a hipped roof with overhanging eaves, this Prairie School house is finished with stucco. Long banks of windows along with wood banding emphasizes the home’s overall horizontal emphasis. The flat-roofed, recessed entrance is located at the westernmost end of the house, adjacent to the porte cochere which extends further to the west. A one-story, flat-roofed sunroom extends to the east. Designed by Ivar Lohman of the architectural firm of W.C. Weeks, Inc., this house was built circa 1912 for Eugene A. & Marian Crocker Zundel. Born in New York in 1868, Eugene came to Sheboygan in 1891 and began working in the office of the Crocker Chair Company. Two years later, he married Marion Eloise Crocker (b. 1869), the daughter of Crocker Chair’s owner, Watson Crocker. They had one daughter, Eloise. In 1912, while serving as secretary, Eugene purchased the controlling interest in the company and, shortly thereafter, he became president of the firm. The Zundels divorced circa 1918. Eugene sold his interest in the company 1924, at which time retired and moved to Chicago with his second wife, Leila. By 1920, the subject house was purchased by Hugh and Ruth Vollrath Ross, who wed in 1917. Hugh was the founder and president of the Ross Glove Company. Hugh and Ruth remained in the home until their respective deaths in 1957 and 1969. During their tenure, they reportedly added a ballroom to the house in 1925 which was later torn down. The house was one of a dozen sites that were designated a Sheboygan County landmark in 1977, at which time it remained in the Ross family.

SHEBOYGAN PRESS 9/22/1996. LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Citations for the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: U.S. Federal Census, Population, 1900, 1910, 1920; “Deals By E.F. Oehler in March,” (re: property sale), The Sheboygan Press, 6 April 1911, 1; “E.A. Zundel Asks Divorce in Langlade,” The Sheboygan Press, 14 January 1918, 5; Marriage License for E.A. Zundel in Arizona, U.S. County Marriage Records, 1865-1972, Available online at www.Ancestry.com, Accessed October 2023; “Mr. Brickbauer New Head of Crocker Chair Co.,” The Sheboygan Press, 20 August 1924, 1; “Mrs. Zundel Dies at Home in California,” The Sheboygan Press, 3 March 1937, 6; “Remains of Mrs. Zundel to Arrive Here on Monday,” The Sheboygan Press, 6 March 1937, 2; “Hugh Ross Rites Will Be Friday,” The Sheboygan Press, 13 March 1957, 1; “Ivar Lohman, Former Local Architect, Dies,” The Sheboygan Press, 8 December 1958, 12, includes information that he designed the Hugh Ross Residence (the owner after the Zundels) at 310 St. Clair Avenue; “Services Monday for Mrs. Ross,” The Sheboygan Press, 22 March 1969, 12; Janice Hildebrand, “Faded Genes,” The Sheboygan Press, 25 June 1987, 19, this article cited that the architect was unknown; however, that article solicited a response from William Weeks, who told Hildebrand that the plans were drawn by W.C. Weeks in 1910, Janice Hildebrand, “Faded Genes,” The Sheboygan Press, 2 July 1987, 11; “Portals to the Past,” The Sheboygan Press, 22 September 1996, C3.