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202 PORTAGE ST

Architecture and History Inventory
202 PORTAGE ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:George O. Gordon House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:3553
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):202 PORTAGE ST
County:Columbia
City:Lodi
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1904
Additions:
Survey Date:1999
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: Carl C. Menes
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Portage Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/2/2000
State Register Listing Date:1/21/2000
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:GROUPED COLUMNS AND PEDIMENT ON PORCH, RECESSED PORCH W/ ARCHED SUPPORT ON 2ND FLR. This very fine late Queen Anne house and its two-story carriage barn were both designed and built by Carl C. Menes of Lodi for drugstore owner George O. Gordon in 1904. Both the barn and the house are clad in clapboard and the house has a cut stone foundation. Carriage house is a contributing resource in the historic district.
Bibliographic References:City of Lodi Tax Rolls. Lodi Enterprise: 11/02/1894, p. 1; 11/22/1901, p. 1; 5/29/1903, p. 3; 8/11/1903, p. 3; 4/15, 1904, p. 3, 9/03/1909, p. 1 (photo); 12/18/1997 (historic photo). Lodi Historical Album:1848-1973. Lodi: 1973, p. 125. Bank of Lodi Calendar, 1988 (historic photo).
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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