Property Record
1211 WESTWOOD CT
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Edward Grossman House |
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| Other Name: | ART LEUTHE PHOTO STUDIO |
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| Reference Number: | 3180 |
| Location (Address): | 1211 WESTWOOD CT |
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| County: | Chippewa |
| City: | Chippewa Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. HOUSE WAS MOVED FROM ORIGINAL LOCATION AT 23 E. CEDAR TO ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. MAP CODE IS FOR THE ORIGINAL LOCATION. Owners were: Edward Grossman (1906-1929), Howard Mason (1929-1933), Carl Mason (1933), Fred Hertzog (1957), William Weber (1957-1973), Edwin Horan (1973), and Arthur Leuthe (1974-at least 1984). Corner pilaster-trimmed, two-story projecting decked entrance bay with Palladian styled window in the upper story and side lighted entrance door with arched overlight, gabled roof dormers with cornice returns and arched windows with keystone accented surrounds; modillion trim under the eaves; three-sided paired second story bay windows; leaded glass windows; decked front porch with rounded corner and second story cut-out rail supported by clustered and single fluted Ionic columns; north bay window. Constructed in 1906 for the owner of a tailoring and drapery establishment, the central part of the facade of the hip roofed house framed by groved pilasters projects slightly and is crowned with a balustrated deck, projecting cornice and pedimented dormer. A Palladian window is the focal point of the upper facade while the sidelighted door with a fan shaped overlight characterizes the entrance placed directly below. A curved open porch with balustrated deck and with paired Ionic columns in combination with bay windows break up the strict rectangularity of this Georgian Revival house. Reportedly modeled after the home of the president of the Philadelphia Mint and is the most elaborate Georgian Revival home extant in Chippewa Falls. Grossman arrived in Chippewa Falls in 1871 and for 7 years was in charge of the tailoring department of the Union Lumber Co. Subsequently he became the leading merchant tailor of the city. A double house stood on the original site of the house until 1905 when Grossman moved the double house. The flooring for Grossman's house was planed at the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Co. mills. All subsequent owners, except for Leuthe, used the building as a mortuary. Howard E. Mason converted the kitchen into a preparation room. In 1967 a 3 car garage was added, a porch enclosed, room enlarged, and the butler's pantry was converted into a women's restroom. |
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| Bibliographic References: | CHIPPEWA FALLS HERALD TELEGRAM 4/14/1991. Register of Deeds. Interview with William Weber. History of Northern Wisconsin, Chicago: The Western Historical Co., 1881, p. 210. The Daily Independent 3/14/1905. Pen and Sunlight Sketches of the Principal Cities in Wisconsin, Chicago: Phoenix Publishing Co., c. 1892, p. 175. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1211-Westwood-Ct_Chippewa-Falls_WI_54729_M77624-68495#photo0 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |