Property Record
1034 MEMORIAL DRIVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Knudson House |
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| Reference Number: | 50178 |
| Location (Address): | 1034 MEMORIAL DRIVE |
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| County: | Door |
| City: | Sturgeon Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Additions: | 1932 1929 |
| Survey Date: | 1982 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Gerhart Miller removed the front porch in 1929 and moved the front entrance. In the 1940s a bay was added as well as a new kitchen. Between 1984 and 1989 a dormer was added, as was a 5'x8' entry, deck and the kitchen was changed again. Between 1998 and 1999 a front porch was added as were the front dormers and the basement was extended 5'. This small 1 1/2 story house is rectangular in plan with a central, gabled entry wing extending to the front. Clad with clapboard, the most interesting features are the broad eaves which are supported at the building corners with scrollsawn brackets which are themselves embellished with turned drop-finials. Smaller brackets support the window caps. A central arched window (which has been replaced) originally accented the central gable while the flanking lower level windows of the primary facade have transoms of leaded, beveled glass. The porch and handrail appear to be newer and probably replaced an earlier and complementarily ornate original porch. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Observation. B. Tax Roll, City of Sturgeon Bay. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |