Property Record
110 E PULASKI ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Peplinski House |
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| Other Name: | Nsight Property (telephone company) |
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| Reference Number: | 2326 |
| Location (Address): | 110 E PULASKI ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Pulaski |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 20101975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| 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: | 1975--MAIN HIP ROOF WITH REAR GABLE WITH RETURN CORNICE. SIDE PEDIMENTED BAY WINDOWS. SEGMENTAL ARCH WINDOWS. SMALL BRACKETS UNDER EAVES. 2010: Rising from a field stone foundation, this two-story brick residence is topped with a high-pitched, hipped roof. The home's primary (north) elevation features an entrance at its western end, which is sheltered by a hipped-roof, open porch with columnar supports. A segmental-arch window opening includes four, replacement, three-over-one sash windows. A pair of sash openings is located along the second level. Extending from the home's western elevation is a two-and-one-half-story bay, the upper half-story of which carries a gabled dormer with decorative wooden shingles. Window openings are segmentally arched throughout the house; however, most windows are rectangular replacements. The lower level of the west wing does retain an original stained-glass upper pane. A one-and-one-half-story gabled wing extends from the rear of the house. An historic photo of the home indicates that a number of alterations have been made to the house, including the removal of the original, two-story, wraparound porch (and its replacement with a small porch just over the door itself); the alteration of the roofline such that it covers the original gabled wall dormer and associated spindlework along the home's primary elevation (brackets also appear to have originally been in place under the roof's eave), as well as the replacement of two, single, original sash windows with the existing four-part grouping next to the primary entrance. Based on the new first-floor window arrangement and its continuous brick header, it appears that at least the north elevation of the house has been entirely re-bricked. Statement of Significance The subject house is believed to have been built circa 1895 by Polish-born John Peplinski, whose father Walenti (Valentine) was among the first settlers in nearby Hofa Park, who then relocated to Pulaski. John started in 1895 a hardware store business (building no longer extant) in Pulaski, next to which he built the subject home. In 1910, John Peplinski was one of the incorporators of the Pulaski State Bank, the initial quarters of which are cited to have first been in the subject house. However, by 1911, the bank had built a new building (immediately west of the subject home but no longer extant) and the structure was utilized for a period as the local post office. From circa 1910 to about 1920, the house was owned/occupied by Frank Raniszewski, the bank's first cashier. Raniszewski, who had lived in Milwaukee prior to coming to Pulaski (between 1905 and 1908) returned to the Milwaukee area by no later than 1920, where he is enumerated as a resident of West Allis, Wisconsin, and operating a grocery store. Thereafter, the house was owned and occupied by the Riordan family. Daniel Riordan joined the board of the Pulaski Merchants and Farmers Telephone Company in 1923 and his son Robert became a full-time employee in 1927. Prior to dial service, which occurred between 1956 and 1960, the second floor of the subject structure was the home of the phone company's switchboard, while the first floor served as the company offices. In 1968, the name changed to the Northeast Telephone Company (NTE) and in 1982, was renamed again as Northeast Communications, Inc., of which NTE was a subsidiary. The house is still under the ownership of the communications firm and is known as Nsight. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |