Property Record
180 E HURON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Horace Miner House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48757 |
| Location (Address): | 180 E HURON ST |
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| County: | Green Lake |
| City: | Berlin |
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| Year Built: | 1872 |
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| Survey Date: | 2002 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Nathan Strong Park Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/10/2005 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/21/2005 |
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| Additional Information: | This structure contributes to the significance of the Nathan Strong Park Historic District under criterion C as one of a pair of once identical grand Italianate houses with splendid ornamental brickwork and superbly exuberant wood trim. The Henry Miner house is a text book example of a fully articulated 1870s Italianate town residence that has been restored to virtually its original condition. A highly important and rare example of Italianate domestic architecture. The Miner brothers, Horace and Henry, purchased one and one-half acre lots equally,. so each had three-quarters of a lot. Three years later, in 1872, they built identical houses side by side. The brothers were married to the Montague sisters, Sophrina and Luduska. In 1867, Horace Miner went into a partnership with William Johnson in the Johnson and Miner Bookstore. Horace ran the store until 1897, when he sold it to L. Kraege. He also owned an interest in a cranberry marsh near Necedah in Juneau County. Horace and his family lived in Berlin up until 1921, when the house was sold and had a variety of different owners. In the late 1940s, it was converted into a two family dwelling. Earl and Dorothy Tanner moved into the house in 1959. Mr. Tanner was the manager of the Morris Mill for many years and later went into sales for the Carnation Company. He then purchased the Eskimo Comfort Leather Goods Factory. He died in 1962. |
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| Bibliographic References: | FOND DU LAC REPORTER 6/27/1996. GILLETT. Victorian Walking Tours, Berlin, Wisconsin's Walking Tour of Beautiful Victorian Homes, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |