N4714 HELENVILLE ROAD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

N4714 HELENVILLE ROAD

Architecture and History Inventory
N4714 HELENVILLE ROAD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:HENRY W. & MILLIE RUEL HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:224536
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N4714 HELENVILLE ROAD
County:Jefferson
City:
Township/Village:Jefferson
Unincorporated Community:HELENVILLE
Town:6
Range:15
Direction:E
Section:2
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1887
Additions:
Survey Date:2013
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Henry Ruel was born in 1867 to German settlers on a farm in the present-day Town of Jefferson. In the late nineteenth century, he left his family farm and married his wife, Millie. A house was constructed for the couple in the settlement of Helenville. In 1899, Henry Ruel established a Farm Implements and Goods store in Helenville and soon expanded his business into automobile sales in the early twentieth century as he co-founded the Jefferson Automobile Company and Fords, Buicks, and Overland cars. In 1909 he became the postmaster for Helenville, and in 1914, he became president of the newly established German-American Bank of Helenville. He died in 1936.
Bibliographic References:Ott, John Henry. Jefferson County Wisconsin and its People. Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1917. Page 234.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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