Property Record
108 E CONANT ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | P. Contant |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 51262 |
| Location (Address): | 108 E CONANT ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Portage |
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| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Two Story Cube |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Portage Retail Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/27/1995 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/24/1994 |
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| Additional Information: | Town house: wide frieze board with denticulated corbeling, flat arch lintel. It is connected to 315 DeWitt at the rear. The property at 108 E. conant replaced an earlier frame dwelling. It was erected during P. donant's ownership in 1903. He continued to own the dwelling until 1911 when George Baker purchased the property. In 1912, Baker sold the building to A.A. Porter who owned theproperty through 1930. The building is identified as a dwelling in 1910 (Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 1910). But, by 1910, Conant rented the dwelling to Jake Stegman, a laborer, Jake Stegman, Jr., a druggist, and Pete Stagman, a laborer. The family remained through 1917. By 1929, the Singer Sewing Machine company leased part of the dwelling, and the directory listed a single renting family, Olaf G. Onsgard. The building remained an apartment in 1955. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1929, 1918: dwelling connected to 315 brick veneer (#112) 1910: dwelling not connected 1901: different, frame house Columbia Co. Treasurer 1863- 1930: A.A. Porter owned all of lots 4-5 which included the Porter Bock 32, 775 1920: A.A. Porter owned both lots: 14000 1912: George Baker sold to A.A. Porter lot 4 1911: Conant sold to Baker lot 4 1910-1903: P. conant, lot 4 1902: George Baker (lots 4-5) The maps and tax records indicate that the dwelling was eredted while owned by P. conant in 1903. kDirectories: (first residence on south side of E. conant) 1955: under 108 E. Conant, four occupants (Johnson Printing Co.) 1929: under 108: Singer Sewing Machine Co., Olaf G. Onsgard (Smith-Baumann Directory Co.) 1917: (108): Jacob Stegman (Farrell) 1910: (110): Jake Stegman, laborer (Elizabeth) (next door?) Jake Stegman, Jr., druggist Pete Stegman, laborer |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |