Property Record
301 RITTENHOUSE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | General Allen C. Fuller House |
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| Other Name: | Old Rittenhouse Inn |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 1444 |
| Location (Address): | 301 RITTENHOUSE AVE |
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| County: | Bayfield |
| City: | Bayfield |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Brownstone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Bayfield Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/25/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | LARGE GABLED PROJECTING PAVILION ON FRONT SIDE. GABLED ROOF WITH GABLED DORMERS. CIRCULAR WRAPAROUND PORCH. EYEBROW WINDOWS ON REAR ROOF. INTERIOR LARGELY INTACT. 21 ROOMS WITH 7 FIREPLACES. [Date Cnst:(A)] This house was built as a sumemr home for Allen C. Fuller, adjutant general for the State of Illinois during the Civil War. Fuller spent his summers in Bayfield to escape bouts with hay fever. The house was originally painted a dark green with white trim. The Old Rittenhouse Inn began operations in the 1970s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] NRHP NOMINATION FORM Brownstone & Bargeboard, A Guide to Bayfield’s Historic Architecture, Whitney Gould and Stephen Wittman; Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. 1980. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |