Property Record
820 PARK AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CHRISTIAN KURTH HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 3504 |
| Location (Address): | 820 PARK AVE |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
| Architect: | Julius C. Schultz |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | IRON RAIL ON RIDGE. PALLADIAN WINDOW IN GABLE. POLYGONAL TURRET ON CNR. KNEE BRACES UNDER GABLE CNRS. WRAP AROUND PORCH W/CIRCULAR, CONICAL ROOFED PROJECTION ON CNR. WOOD SHINGLE ON PORCH WALL AND IN GABLES. KURTH JOINED HIS BROTHER, JOHN HENRY, IN THE BREWERY BUSINESS. CHRISTIAN STARTED A MALTING COMPANY IN MILWAUKEE IN 1903 AND RAPIDLY EXPANDED THE BUSINESS. Built for a member of the Kurth Brewing Co. family in 1898 to a design by local architect Julius C. Schultz. One of the city's best Queen Anne style houses. "Christian Kurth joined his brother, John Henry in the brewery business. It was Christian who started the malting company in Milwaukee in 1903 and rapidly expanded the business. Although some changes have been made to this residence, it retains a fine wraparound porch and is a good example of the Free Classic style that combined Queen Anne massing with classical details. The building's most important feature is the fine porch. Its round columns, which appear in pairs or groups are fine examples of the Corinthian order. A Palladian-form window appears in the gable to the right of the porch. Cut shingles, so popular in Queen Anne architecture, edge the low wall surrounding the porch. More decorative surface materials probably exist under the siding." Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
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| Bibliographic References: | COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. City of Columbus Real Estate Tax Rolls. Columbus Democrat: August 16, 1899, p. 4. Columbus Republican: December 11, 1897, p. 1; March 12, 1898, p. 1. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |