Property Record
546 PARK AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ingalsbe, Adolphus and Sarah, House |
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| Reference Number: | 3507 |
| Location (Address): | 546 PARK AVE |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1853 |
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| Additions: | 1875 |
| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | Quickenden, Robert; Vanaken, Richard D. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Ingalsbe, Adolphus and Sarah, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/1/2009 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/16/2009 |
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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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS, BRACKETS AND DENTILS UNDER EAVES, ROUND ATTIC VENT. ROBERT QUICKENDEN, A CARPENTER, BUILT THIS HOUSE FOR INGALSBE. IT WAS ORIGINALLY WOOD SIDED BUT LATER CLAD WITH BRICK. MUCH LATER THE IRON WORK WAS ADDED. INGALSBE WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON, CO., N.Y. SOUGHT HIS FORTUNE IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH OF 1849. IN 1853 HE SETTLED IN COLUMBUS AND AT ONE TIME OWNED 600 ACRES OF LAND. HE ALSO OWNED THE WHITNEY HOTEL AT 101 S. LUDINGTON AND CALLED IT THE COLUMBUS EXCHANGE. "Robert Quickenden, a carpenter, built this house for Adolphus Ingalsbe. It was built as a wood sided, frame home and was later sided with cream brick. Much later, the iron work was added. Ingalsbe was born in Washington County N. Y. He sought his fortune in the California gold rush of 1849. Four years later he settled in Columbus and became a major land owner, at one time owning 600 acres. For a time he owned the Whitney Hotel at 101 S. Ludington and called it the Columbus Exchange. This fine masonry residence exemplifies the gable-front-and-wing form of the Italianate Style. The first-floor windows are unusually large, with stone sills and projecting brick hoods. On the second floor, smaller versions of these windows align vertically with those below. In the gable peak is a round lunette." Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. In 1875, R. D. Vanaken moved the existing wing of the house back, built another and larger one in its place, and reclad the entire building in brick. The resulting building is one of the largest and best Italianate designs in Columbus. |
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| Bibliographic References: | COLUMBUS HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Butterfield, C. W. History of Columbia Co., WI. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1880, pp. 968-69. City of Columbus Real Estate Tax Rolls. Columbus Democrat: February 6, 1875. Columbus Historic Landmarks and Preservation Commission site files. Columbus Republican: May 22, 1875, p. 1; July, 1875, p. 1. Stare, Frederick A. The Story of Columbus. Installment Nos. 58 (p. 89), 107 (pp. 162-163). Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |