Property Record
1514 MICHIGAN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fred and Pauline Iversen House |
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| Reference Number: | 4264 |
| Location (Address): | 1514 MICHIGAN AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | New Holstein |
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| Year Built: | 1902 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | WRAP AROUND PORCH W/ IRON RAIL AROUND ROOF 2013 New Holstein Survey results: Rising from a fieldstone foundation, this two-story house is a late example of the Queen Anne style of architecture. The house is a gabled ell form and features a porch that wraps around the front-facing gabled wing and around to the west. Simple wooden columns support the flat porch roof which features dentil trim and a spindled balustrade. Windows throughout the house are either single or paired examples and all feature a simple wooden surround except for the second-floor, south-facing windows which are further accentuated by wooden panels with a sunburst motif and additional dentil trim above. Although no historic photos of the home were found, the house does not appear to have had any visible exterior alterations. In May 1902, Fred Iversen purchased two lots from A.A. Laun at a cost of $200, thus indicating that the house had not yet been built; it is, however, believed to have been constructed that same year. Fred Otto Iversen was born in Germany on 13 October 1863, the son of Peter and Margaret (Petersen) Iversen. The Iversens immigrated to the United States in 1871 and came to New Holstein following a year in Baltimore and a short period of residence in Fond du Lac. After assisting his father Peter in his general store and attending business school in Milwaukee, Fred partnered with Henry H. Greve in 1892; a partnership that lasted until 1904. In 1910, he erected the grain elevator (no longer extant) south of the Timm concern, which he operated until 1936. In 1900, Fred married Pauline Meinert; together they had one daughter, Elsie. In 1928, the Iversens sold the house to Henry and Sophia Schilling and moved to their new house at 1827 Wisconsin Avenue (which is located within the proposed Illinois and Wisconsin Avenues Bungalow Historic District). Fred died in 1941; while Pauline passed away in 1962. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Although it’s possible that the porch (which fronts the gabled wing and wraps around to the west only) was altered at some point, it is represented on the 1929 Sanborn map as it appears today. The previous 1911 map does not depict this area of New Holstein, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of New Holstein, Wis., 1911, 1929. A.A. Laun to Fred O. Iversen, Warranty Deed, 5 May 1902, 35/235; Fred O. and Pauline Iversen to Henry and Sophia Schilling, Warranty Deed, 7 November 1928, 57/357; Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of New Holstein, Wis., 1911, 1929; “Fred Otto Iversen of New Holstein is Summoned,” Obituary, The Sheboygan Press, 7 February 1941, 4/1-2; Assessor’s information cites a 1910 date of construction. Note that tax rolls were not reviewed. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |