Property Record
920 CHAPPLE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BENJAMIN AND LUCILLE METTERNICH HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 592 |
| Location (Address): | 920 CHAPPLE AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1933 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | A clear and good example of Georgian Revival style, not frequently found in Ashland. Red brick symmetrical facade with chimneys at each end of gabled house. Front entry includes fine example of the style's typical fan light entries with semi-circular portico and columns. Metternich was the general manager of the Marathon Paper Mills. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Original permit dated 29 September 1933; cost, $8,000, builder Roy Murphy Anna Sullivan, widow to Marathon Paper Mills Co., Warranty Deed, 13 October 1933, 141/202, #90472. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |