Property Record
443 W PRAIRIE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ANNETTE AND ANDREW O. SEXTON HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 3511 |
| Location (Address): | 443 W PRAIRIE ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1877 |
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| Survey Date: | 1996 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Edward Townsend Mix; Richard D. Vanaken |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Prairie Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/7/1999 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/26/1998 |
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| Additional Information: | BRACKETS AND ORNAMENTAL TRUSSES IN GABLES, 3 STORY SQUARE TOWER W/HIP ROOF AND STICK STYLE ORNAMENT, ENCLOSED PORCH W/NARROW ROUND ARCHED MULTI-LIGHT WINDOWS. SEXTON WAS BORN IN CENTRAL, NEW YORK IN 1822. HE MARRIED ANNETTE FARNHAM, MOVED TO COLUMBUS IN 1855, AND BECAME INVOLVED IN THE GRAIN AND PRODUCE BUSINESS. HE WAS MAYOR OF COLUMBUS FOR TWO TERMS, ELECTED FIVE TERMS AS MASTER OF THE MASONIC LODGE, AND WAS THE LOCAL AUTHORITY ON THE CEREMONIES OF THE BLUE LODGE AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS. The only example of the Stick Style in Columbus and an outstanding design, by prominent Milwaukee architect Edward Townsend Mix. Built for Andrew O. Sexton in 1877-78 by Columbus carpentry contractor Richard D. Vanaken, this wood house is one of the best houses of this period in Columbus and it is highly intact as well. |
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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: December 9, 1876, p. 1; May 5, 1877. p. 1; June 30, 1877, p. 1. Columbus Republican: March 16, 1878, p. 1. Stare, Frederick A. The Story of Columbus. Installment Nos. 100 9 p. 153 and 279 (p. 417). Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |