Property Record
404 NEW YORK AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | L. FRANK GATES HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 51786 |
| Location (Address): | 404 NEW YORK AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1902 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Joseph T. Raycraft |
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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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Constructed by J.T. Raycraft at a cost of $7000, this frame residence is a fine Georgian Revival design. The two story pedimented portico is supported by Ionic columns. The typanum is decorated with a lunette. This is the only house in Oshkosh in which the portico is properly scaled in relation to the building proper and is the best example of this phase of Georgian Revival design. L. Frank Gates was manager if the Diamond Match Company as well as an avid yachtsman. 1994- "This house is distinguished by its massive, two story, fully pedimented portico that has a distinctive, dentilled frieze and is supported by four large, fluted, Ionic Order columns. The classical nature of the house is further enhanced by fully pedimented side gables and gabled dormers. Centered in the side gable peaks are Palladian windows. The structure rises from a coursed, stone block foundation and has narrow, clapboard siding with corner boards. According to the Intensive Survey Form, the house belonged to L. Frank Gates, a Diamond Match Company executive. It was built for $7,000 by J.T. Raycraft, who was apparently an accomplished local carpenter/craftsman." - "Jackson St (Murdock to Church), Oshkosh", WisDOT ID #6432-07-00, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd (1994). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Oshkosh Daily Northwestern 9/9/1902, p. 6. (B) Oshkosh City Directory 1908. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |