Property Record
1301 STEUBEN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Margaret Scholfield House |
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| Reference Number: | 51392 |
| Location (Address): | 1301 STEUBEN ST |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | Wausau |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 19832018 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Philip Dean |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Important and impressive Wausau example of Neo-Classical dmoestic design built by local architect Philip Dean. The house was moved in 1940 from the site of the present City Hall (407 Grant Street). Margaret Scholfield was a daughter of Dr. William B. and Mary Scholfield after whom Schofield (the village dropped the first L) was named. 2018 survey report write-up: This two-story, Neoclassical Revival-style house is dominated by a two(+)-story pedimented portico with fluted Ionic column supports that rest on a concrete open porch. The projecting portico creates a second-floor balcony (with a spindled railing) that extends beyond the portico and results in an asymmetrical façade, which is generally atypical of the style. Corner pilasters topped with Ionic capitals accent each corner of the house along the front and at the rear. A projecting enclosed entrance with sidelights is centered between the inner two portico columns; a single door is situated within the second-floor enclosure. Windows along the entrance elevation include four, regularly arranged, rectangular fixed windows of the same size. A lunette window occupies the pediment of the portico. Designed by architect Philip Dean, this house was built in 1904 for Margaret Scholfield. Margaret was the daughter of Dr. William and Mary (Haseltine) Scholfield. William was the namesake for the current city of Schofield (which had later dropped the first “l” from Scholfield); he also served as the first mayor of Stevens Point. Born in Ohio and trained as a physician, he engaged in the lumber business upon his arrival to Wisconsin. He died in 1863. Daughter Margaret was born in 1842 (or 1843) and, although raised in the Universalist faith, she commenced an occupation as a Christian Science Practitioner. She is identified as the first reader for Wausau’s First Church of Christ, Scientist, the congregation of which formed in 1894 (one year after her mother’s death). From 1904 until circa 1916-18, she resided in the subject house which, at that time, was located at 410 McClellan Street. Following Margaret’s departure to Boston (the home base of Christian Science), the house was rented by the Karl Mathie family (1918), after which it was occupied by the family of Margaret’s nephew, Harvey H. Scholfield. In 1940, the block upon which the house stood was earmarked for the construction of the new headquarters building for the Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company at 407 Grant Street. While some of the structures were demolished, three homes were relocated, including the Scholfield House, which was moved to its current location on Steuben Street. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Central Wisconsin, Jan. 16, 1904. Citations for 2018 survey report information below: Louis Marchetti, History of Marathon County, Wisconsin, 2 vols. (Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1913), 2/699-700; U.S. Federal Census, Population, 1870-1880, 1920-1940; Wausau City Directory, 1916, 1918; Aucutt, Hettinga & Jansen, Wausau Beautiful, 96, this source indicates that Margaret left for Boston in 1916, but she continued to be listed in Wausau City directory through 1918. Margaret died in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1943 City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1983. City in the Pinery, A Guide to Wausau's Historic Architecture, The City of Wausau, 1984. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |