Property Record
733-735 N 5TH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank Simon House |
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| Reference Number: | 49813 |
| Location (Address): | 733-735 N 5TH AVE |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | Sturgeon Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1906 |
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| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | duplex |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This double dwelling unit structure is of painted brick and is a single story capped with a painted, standing seam metal roof. This is one of the few examples of this common early roofing style and material in the City. This vernacular style house is accented with angle-set brickwork just below the soffit and is otherwise unadorned. New entry stairs and handrails have been added, probably replacing individual entry porticoes. This well-maintained building, despite the modifications, is an excellent example of a variation in a common local style, unusual both because of the use of brick and because of its double house configuration. In 1906-1907 Frank Simon acquired the title to the above described property apparently after legal proceedings and deed litigation. In any case, in 1907 the tax records show that a $235 building was constructed on the property, increasing its value to $550 from $125. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Tax Roll-City of Sturgeon Bay. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |