Property Record
402 S MICHIGAN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Amil and Lesetta Schink House |
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| Reference Number: | 1903 |
| Location (Address): | 402 S MICHIGAN ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | De Pere |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 20012017 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Cross Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2017: No readily apparent exterior alterations since last surveyed. 2017 survey recommendation write-up: Rising from a rusticated stone foundation, this two-story, cross-gabled house is faced with red brick. Oriented to the east, a hipped-roof, open porch with turned posts, a simple wooden railing and modest porch work detailing shelters the primary entrance (at far right/south), along with two pair of double-hung sash. Segmental arches comprised of three rows of flush header brick top the door, as well as both windows, with the latter openings featuring stone sills. On the second floor, two, single sash openings with stone sills rest immediately above the porch roof, Headers here also consist of three rows of header brick, but here the top row projects from the face of the house. This second-floor window arrangement repeats on both the north and south elevations, while a round window is situated within the gabled peak. Remaining fenestration throughout the house is comprised of double-hung sash arranged singly and in pairs. Built in 1903, the home’s original owners were Amil and Lesetta Schink. The Brown County Democrat reported no less than twice on the home’s construction status, citing that “operations have started,” in April of 1903 and noting the installation of the hot air furnace in mid-September of the same year. Of note, the Schink house was located directly across the street from the home of Henry Heyrman, the then-editor of the Brown County Democrat. Amil Schink was born in Port Washington in 1851 but moved with his family to Brown County (and near De Pere) just four years later. Amil married Lesetta Thiem in 1881 and purchased his family’s farm the next year, where they would reside until 1895. That year, the farm was sold, the Schinks moved to De Pere and Amil would work in the farm implement business, associated with the International Harvester company. The Schinks, along with their daughter Esery, would reside in the subject house until circa 1915, at which time they are believed to have built another house, this one on S. Wisconsin Street. However, in 1920, and with Amil retired, the Schink family moved to Chilton, where Amil died four years later; Lesetta died in 1948. Following a brief period of ownership by James Whiting (for which no information was found), the house was purchased in 1919 by Michael E. and Katherine Hayes. Michael was born in Ohio and, in 1906, he wed Katherine Fox, who was born in Askeaton, Wisconsin. They resided on a farm in the Town of Holland until moving to De Pere circa 1920, at which time Katherine’s sister Ellen also lived with them. Michael died sometime between 1930 and 1935, the latter year being when Katherine died (at the age of seventy). The house then passed into the hands of Katherine’s sister Ellen (aka Nellie). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Citations for 2017 report information found below: Tax Rolls, City of De Pere, 1903, 1904; Newsbrief (re: construction begins) and (re: furnace installed), Brown County Democrat, 17 April 1903, 1/3 and 18 September 1903, 5/3, respectively; U.S. Federal Census, 1910, 1920; “Buried on Saturday,” Chilton (WI) Times, 10 January 1924 and “Mrs. Amil Schink, 86, Dies, Rites Saturday,” Chilton Times, 9 September 1948, Transcribed obituary available online at www.findagrave.com, Accessed July 2017; “Mason Work Begun,” (re: construction of new house), Brown County Democrat, 13 April 1915, 6/2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, 1920, 1930; Tax rolls, City of De Pere, 1918, 1919; Green Bay City Directory, 1943; “Mrs. Hayes, 70, Dies in Hospital Today,” Green Bay Press-Gazette, 26 November 1935, 16. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |