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270 E HIGH ST

Historic Name:
Other Name:
Reference Number:
75007

Property Location

Location (Address)
270 E HIGH ST
County
Lafayette
City/Village
Shullsburg
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1890
Additions
Survey Date
1982
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Wall Material
Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect
Dr. C. C. Gratiot
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished
No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments
Vernacular Victorian frame with sloping roof accented with a bracketed pent roof and a two-sided spindle porch featuring a pediment decorated with an appliqued rising sun design. Intersecting gables, cut-out roof areas, an irregular porch roof profile, a bracketed pent roof over a champered bay and an oriel window combine to give a very irregular character to this frame, two-story structure. The two-sided, spindle decorated, off-center entrance porch featuring a pediment decorated with an appliqued rising sun design and supported by slender turned post adds further interest to this picturesque composition. Apparently the house has been sided and altered by an addition at the rear. This structure is significant to the community because it is one of three remaining houses that were designed by Dr. C. C. Gratiot, a local physician from a prominent family, an amateur architect, and a community leader.
Bibliographic References
A. "Seq. History of Shullsburg, 1827-1977," (Shullsburg, WI: Historical Soc., 1977), p. 76. b. Gregory, "Southwestern Wisconsin," 1932, Vol. III, pp. 38-41. C. Wisconsin Necrology, Vol. p.

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