Property Record
811 CHAPPLE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DR. WILLIAM AND MARY O'BRIEN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 4341 |
| Location (Address): | 811 CHAPPLE AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | This tall three story cream brick with brownstone trim house features many elements of the Queen Anne style such as the flared and shingled front end gable pierced by a triplet of rectangular 1/1 sash windows, the central one of which has a small arch above it. Beneath this three evenly spaced rectangular windows pierce the second story. The first story features a flat roof veranda with square and ornate pillars and beneath this a large window with a massive brownstone lintel and off-center entry. The southeast wall is marked by a two-story bay that is unusual for its hip roof projecting from a superimposed gabled wall dormer. All window openings have brownstone sills and lintels. The Queen Anne style is suggested through the broad and projecting flared gable, the simple surfaces, and formality of the massing. SIGNIFICANCE: Ths house is significant for its architectural integrity and as a local example of late Queen Anne style residential architcture that is unsurpassed in quality. Houses that are similar in scale, materials, and date of construction are concentrated within the proposed district boundaries, however, this house is unequaled in design and materials. Surviving photographs of the demolished Shores Mansion indicate it probably set a standard of design and materials which was followed by other house builders. This house, like the Shores Mansion, was made of cream brick and brownstone with some shingled elements. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Louisa & Charles Blume to W.J. O'Brien, Warranty deed, 7 June 1898, 58/443, #8989. The 1900 census enumerates the O'Briens at the subject address. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |