Property Record
3 PARK PLACE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Simon Cobban |
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| Reference Number: | 3266 |
| Location (Address): | 3 PARK PLACE |
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| County: | Chippewa |
| City: | Chippewa Falls |
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| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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: | Leaded and stained glass windows; two-story front and south side gabled bays highly ornamented by two-story bay windows, decked bay window with second story porch and third story balcony on the south side and with Palladian styled window on the front gable, round oriel (stairway) north window; gabled roof dormer; open decked front porch with panelled freize, slender Tuscan columns and rounded south corner; paired open small south porches, metal cresting on porch deck; original one over one windows; carriage house at rear with fieldstone foundation and gable ornament; extensive fieldstone retaining wall surrounds property. Built after the turn of the century when a revived interest in Classical details influenced the Queen Anne Revival style, the Simon Cobban House exhibits classical features such as a Palladian style window in the pedimented front gable, cornice returns in the dormer gables and an open front porch characterized by a paneled freize and a slender Tuscan style columns. Built in the early 20th century, the Simon Cobban House is an excellent example of the late more elaborate Queen Anne house constructed in Chippewa Falls. This residence was probably built by Simon C. F. Cobban in 1905. Simon Cobban is not profiled in historical and bibliographical collections pertaining to Chippewa Falls. Nevertheless, he was integrally involved in the "primary processing" industries that gave the city its start. As early as 1864, Cobban erected a planing mill, one of the earliest on Duncan Creek. In the 1870's, Cobban, along with others, operated a grist mill, and in the 1880's he was part owner of the woolen mill. He is probably best remembered, however, as the builder of the Cobban Opera House, which served both commercial and entertainment purposes. Subsequent owners of the Cobban residence were Frank J. & Odelia Blocyznski beginning in 1944. This residence is of local historical interest because of its assocation with Simon C. F. Cobban. Cobban, a Chippewa Falls pioneer, was integrally involved in the industrial, commercial and social growth of nineteenth century Chippewa Falls. RELATED BUILDING: Carriage House (38/11). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Tax Assessment Records, 1903-1910. (B) Register of Deeds, Chippewa County (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin). (C) George Forrester Ed., Historical and Bibliographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin (Chicago: A. Warner Publisher, 1891-92), p. 97. (D) Chippewa County Independent 20 July, 1887. (E) Sanborn Insurance Map, City of Chippewa Falls (Chicago, 1903, 1910). (F) Directory of Chippewa Falls, 1910. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |