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718 MACARTHUR AVE

Historic Name:
ROBERT W. AND HANNAH PRENTICE HOUSE
Other Name:
Reference Number:
737

Property Location

Location (Address)
718 MACARTHUR AVE
County
Ashland
City/Village
Ashland
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1887
Additions
Survey Date
1982,2012
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Clapboard
Architect
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Large towering Queen Anne style frame house with main hip roof from which flared and shingled gables project and also a hip roof dormer. Original windows intact and a decorative shed roof veranda in Eastlake style with spindles is intact. Eastlake style bargeboards in place on gables.
Bibliographic References
On 3 December 1887, the Ashland Weekly Press cites R.W. Prentice as having built a house that year. City directories place Robert Prentice at the home as of 1888. Deeds further confirm the transfer of the lot from the Osborn Home Association to Robert Prentice on 7 August 1888, Vol. 38 page 97, Doc.#9693.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District
National Register Listing Date
May 27, 2014
State Register Listing Date
Aug 23, 2013
Contributing
Yes
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