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428 E WATER ST

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428 E WATER ST

Historic Name:
Dr. C. Charles Gratiot

Other Name:

Reference Number:
80749

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Property Location

Location (Address)

428 E WATER ST

County

Lafayette

City/Village

Shullsburg

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1896

Additions

Survey Date

1982

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Queen Anne

Structural System

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

C.c. Gratiot

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A frame vernacular Victorian two-story that combines a hip roof with projecting front and side gabled bays to achieve the multiple projections popular in picturesque houses of the period. A chambered corner on the west side, a small porch at the upper level, and a two-sided porch with pedimented entrances and turned support posts add additional elements of irregularity to the compositon. Cut shingles decorate the gable ends. Shingles also are arranged in a horizontal band across the center of the facades, emphasizing the structural division of the two-story in a fashion similar to the house at 541 N. Judgement. The best example of a frame vernacular Victorian house in Shullsburg, this house ia also significant because it is one of three remaining houses known to be the work of the local physician/architect C.C. Gratiot. In addition, the house was designed by Dr. Gratiot for his family where they lived until 1919.

Bibliographic References

(A) Seq. History of Shullsburg, 1827-1977, p. 76. (B) Gregory, Southwestern Wis., 1932, Vol. III, p. 38-41. (C) Wisconsin Necrology. (D) Charles Harty, 634 N. Adams St., Janesville, WI.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

house Queen Anne

Lafayette
County

Shullsburg
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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