Property Record
133 N WISCONSIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank H. Russell House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48942 |
| Location (Address): | 133 N WISCONSIN ST |
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| County: | Green Lake |
| City: | Berlin |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| 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: | 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 2/24, found on the DOT map. This two and one half story house displays elements of both the Colonial Revival and Queen Anne styles. Distinguishing the front is an elaborate two story porch. Fluted Ionic columns appear on both porches, as do wooden balustrades; the cornice line on the first story has dentil trim, while that of the second story has carved brackets. Ionic pilasters continue the classical theme and appear along an enclosed portion of the second story porch. Above the two porches is a massive pediment detailed with decorative wood shingles and a bank of three windows. A conical roofed corner turret rises a full three stories in height. Its attic story windows are round arched and topped by moulded lintels. Beneath these attic windows is a wood shingled band course. Just beyond the corner turret is a two story side bay capped in the attic story by a shingled pediment. Scalloped trim and pendants detail the exposed corners below the pediement, and brackets continue all along the second story cornice. The residence is in fair condition. It features an irregular shaped plan configuration, a granite stone foundation, a clapboard and wood shingled exterior, a wood and granite stone trim, and an asphalt shingled gable and hip roof. A related building is an attached garage. Architectural/Engineering Significance: This structure contributes to the significance of the Nathan Strong Park Historic District under Criterion C as a fine example of a large, imposing, towered, late Queen Anne house with highly unusual two level, Ionic order portico. This expensive, architect-designed house with its wealth of eclectic decorative detail illustrates the transition from the Queen Anne to the Colonial Revival style in its confused attempt to incorporate some of the most eye-catching elements of both modes in a single building. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Sanborn-Perris Maps, 1900, 1911; Tax Records. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |