Property Record
314 S CHARLES
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | F.A. Chadbourn House |
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| Reference Number: | 3459 |
| Location (Address): | 314 S CHARLES |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | VAN RYN AND DE GELLEKE |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chadbourn, F. A., House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/28/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/19/1990 |
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| Additional Information: | Set under the shady boughs of sugar maples, with a small grove of conifers at the rear, the Chadbourn House evokes a pre-industrial age. Chadbourn, a prominent banker and philanthropist, commissioned a Milwaukee architectural firm to design this Neo-Tudor house. The style grew out of the early-twentieth-century Arts and Crafts movement, which emphasized skilled workmanship, evident in the flared eaves and in the cusped bargeboards, reminiscent of Gothic tracery, in the small front-facing gables. The Arts and Crafts movement also stressed rustic motifs, seen here in the clapboard and shingle siding, which combine with the rock-faced sandstone foundation to add texture and color to the design. The decorative half-timbered walls enclose an asymmetrical plan enlivened by hexagonal bays and rounded bow windows. The gabled entry porch features a semi-elliptical entryway and a pierced wooden railing. The carriage house, also designed by Van Ryn and de Gelleke, shows similar attention to detail. Patterned shingles lend a variety of textures, while the juxtaposition of intersecting gables and hipped dormers creates a lively roofline. Frederick Chadbourn was the son of Reuben W. Frederick succeeded his father as president of the First National Bank at the age of 25. He gave parsonage to the Olivet Church, the children's building to the Fireman's Park, and the clock tower to City Hall. |
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| Bibliographic References: | COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Take a Walk on Main Street: Historic Walking Tours in Wisconsin's Main Street Communities, Wisconsin Main Street Program, 1998. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |