Property Record
9373 COTTAGE ROW
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48335 |
| Location (Address): | 9373 COTTAGE ROW |
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| County: | Door |
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| Township/Village: | Gibraltar |
| Unincorporated Community: | Fish Creek |
| Town: | 31 |
| Range: | 27 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 29 |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Additions: | 1910 |
| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial Revival |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Drop Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. #650: Grotto 42-4, tennis court 42-7. Historical Background Edward L. Oakford, from Peoria, Illinois, had this house built in 1901. It was enlarged in 1910. It was left to Mr. Oakford's sister whose married name was Hunter. Later it was sold to the Nash family, and is currently owned by the Klinkenburg family. Historical Significance As with the other summer residences on Cottage Row, this property represents the pattern of living of wealthy urban Midwesterners seeking to escape the heat of the cities. Mothers and children would spend the entire summer in Fish Creek, while the fathers would visit as their business schedules would allow. In some cases, several generations and family branches would share the same house. Architectural Description The gambrel roof on this two story house identifies it as Dutch Colonial Revival, but in all other respects it is a rambling summer cottage similar in feel to the Cottage Row houses of the same generation. A projecting gambrel roofed bay accommodates a large one story screened porch on the bay side of the house. The first story is clad in clapboard while the second story is shingled. The fenestration is irregular and includes six-over-six double-hung wood sash windows and banks of casement windows on the second story. Architectural Significance The home was only intended for summer use. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Archibald Douglass Cottage Row Building List. B. Betsy Guenzel, Fish Creek, The Summertime, privately printed, 1991. C. Betsy Guenzel, September 2, 1992 interview with Rebecca Sample Bernstein, White Gull Inn, Fish Creek. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |