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714 6TH AVE W

Architecture and History Inventory
714 6TH AVE W | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
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Reference Number:284
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):714 6TH AVE W
County:Ashland
City:Ashland
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1883
Additions:
Survey Date:19822016
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:One Story Cube
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
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Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:SYMMETRICAL FACADE, PEDIMENTAL ARCHES OVER TALL WINDOWS, DOOR WITH ETCHED GLASS

DESCRIPTION: This rare hip roof one story clapboard, house is designed n a vernacular Classical/Revival style that is expressed symmetrically and elegantly with the house's proportions and windows. The front facade is symmetrical and features two 2/2 windows placed on either side of the doorway with gabled overdoor. The original oak door with a acid-etched glass window with a landscape design is intact. Each tall and narrow window has a well proportioned pedimental molding that together is the house's most attractive feature. Very early roofing materials are in place and a narrow pilaster is at each corner. The projecting eaves are met at the wall by a continuous frieze that wraps around the house, whose decorative elements and symmetrical facade are derived from classical precedents.
SIGNIFICANCE: This vernacular Classical Revival house is architecturally significant as a locally rare example of this style expressed on a very small and otherwise modest house.

2016: House has since been entirely re-sheathed with vinyl and windows replaced; addition to side.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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