Property Record
4160 HIGHWAY. 42
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | The Boat House |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 49606 |
| Location (Address): | 4160 HIGHWAY. 42 |
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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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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | Domestic - outbuilding |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| 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: | Historical Background This parcel of land consists of Lots 5 and 8 of Block 13 of the Asa Thorp Plat, except for the west 15' of Lot 5. The land was first deeded as part of a large tract to Asa and Eliza Thorp in the mid 1860s. Between 1863 and 1874, the two lots belonged to Martin and Abigail Mino, Sara Jane Powers, Sophia Griswold, Arnold Heap, Benjamin and Jennie Selleck and Nathaniel and Martha Selleck, and Anna P. Griswold. Sometime between 1874 and 1894, L.L. and Flora Hill purchased the property. In 1894 L.L. and Flora Hill transferred the property through a quick claim deed to W.W. and Christina Hill. Three years later W.W. and Christina Hill sold lot 5 to Ludlow Hill. In 1924 lot 8 was acquired by Myron and Emma Stevens. In October of the same year, both lots 5 and 8 were sold by Frank and Emma Garske to William Pelke. In 1966 Rosabel Pelke acquired the property through probate. Two years later she mortgaged the property to Ray and Mildred Wolters, and in 1975 sold it to them through a deed. The Wolters immediately sold the property to Robert and Elaine MacDonald. The Bayside Tavern (lot 5) was originally part of the town school. The other half is now Fish Creek Clothiers after having served as a Catholic Church and an artists studio. Based on a stylistic assessment, the cottages were constructed by the Pelkes in the 1940s. They are now occupied as small shops. Historical Significance They are a good local example of the simple, affordable summer accommodations constructed after the Great Depression in Fish Creek. Architectural Description Of the six cottages in this complex, three are the same form, although clad in a variety of materials. The form is a front gable main block with a smaller side gable entrance ell and a projecting shed roof ell on the east side. The windows are all three-over-one double-hung wood sash. 37-15 is clad in asbestos shingle, 37-16 is clad in vertical half round boards, and 37-17 is clad in dropsiding. 37-13 has a main block with entrance ell which is slightly larger than those in 37-15, 16 and 17. It is clad in dropsiding. It has four-over-one double hung wood sash windows. 37-14 is a front gabel cottage clad in drop siding and vertical board siding in the gable end. The windows are three-over-one double hung wood sash, with one cottage window consisting of a fixed large pane flanked by three-over-one double hung wood sash. 37-18 is a main block with smaller entrance ell. The windows are three-over-one double hung wood sash, it is clad in narrow aluminum siding. Architectural Significance They are a good local example of the simle, affordable summer accommodations constructed after the Great Depression in Fish Creek. Ice House |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Edward and Lois Schreiber, editors, Fish creek Voices, An Oral History of a Door county Village, (Sister Bay, WI: Wm Caxton Ltd), 1990. B. Door County Almanak No. 5: Tourism, Resorts, Transportation (Sister Bay, WI: The Dragonsbreath Press), 1990. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |