Property Record
195 E PARK AVE/138 N STATE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | T.H. Ramsey House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48772 |
| Location (Address): | 195 E PARK AVE/138 N STATE ST |
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| County: | Green Lake |
| City: | Berlin |
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| Year Built: | 1905 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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: | Another map code is 3/10, found on the DOT map. This two and one half story Colonial Revival styled house features an irregular shaped plan configuration, a granite stone and concrete block foundation, a clapboard exterior, a wood trim and an asphalt shingled hip roof with dormers. Large, modillion-like brackets line the eaves of the second story. The open designed porches, one at the front and one at the side, are similar in that they both have flat roofs, Tuscan columns, Ionic pilasters, balustrades and wooden porch bases. Bracketed and projecting lintels distinguish the first story lintels. The residence is in good condition, being currently used as apartments. The building is related to a garage. Architectural/Engineering Significance: This structure contributes to the significance of the Nathan Strong Park Historic Disrict under Criterion C as a fine example of a large and expensive Colonial Revival styled house with a fine classical porch, a modillian cornice and elaboarately enframed first floor windows. This is a surperb example of the restrained Colonial Revival design favored by affluent, conservative homeowners in the early 1900's when simplicity and correctness denoted good taste. The house has been little altered on the exterior other than the replacement of the original Ionic capitals on the porch columns with plain capitals. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. "Victorian Architecture-Italianate Featured in Gordon Werch Home." "Berlin Journal," 11 July 1991. 2. "The Werch House - A Mixture of Old and New." "Berlin Journal," 18 June 1922. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |