Property Record
211 N PARK ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | IDA AND AUGUST SIEFERT HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | PARKVIEW BED AND BREAKFAST |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 52161 |
| Location (Address): | 211 N PARK ST |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Reedsburg |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Park Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/26/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of Reedsburg |
| Additional Information: | Architectural Statement: Shingled gable returns; corner windows and two story bay window; upper story windows have small shingled pent roof with brackets; leaded glass windows; rear porch with gable roof; semi-circular front porch; round front porch; gable returns; rock faced foundation. An 1899 photo shows the house having substantially the same design and form(B). Architectural Statement of Significance: This house has retained its integrity. It is distinctive in form and use of materials in this city. Historical Background: Sanborn Maps show this house was here between 1892-1898 (A). August Siefert, who lived here in 1899 (B) had another home for sale or rent in May, 1890 (C). He may have built this house then. The current owner says that the abstract shows a loan taken out around "1880-1890". Siefert lived here until at least 1905 (G). Siefert was born in Hessen, Germany in 1855 and came to the U.S. (Milwaukee) in 1873. He came to Reedsburg in 1874 and was hired by Hansen, Gale and Co., a hardware store (I). August Siefert Hardware Company was incorporated in 1905, although established in 1870 (as Hansen, Gale & Co.)(D). Prior to 1885 the firm, then called Gale, Siefert & Co., was on the south side of Main Street. At this point it moved to the J.L. Green block across the street (SK8/26, 275 Main Street). In 1890 the firm was Siefert, Blank & Co. and they dealt in hardware, agricultural implements, tools and livestock and were at the same address (E). In 1894 it was called Siefert Brothers (August and Ernest) and still in the J.L. Green block (F). |
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| Bibliographic References: | REEDSBURG TIMES-PRESS 7/20/1995. Reedsburg Independent 4/22/2004. A- Sanborn-Perris Maps at SHSW, Madison. B- "The Reedsburg Times", Souvenir Edition, May 5, 1899. C- "Reedsburg Free Press", May 8, 1890. D- "Wisconsin Industrial Review", March, 1912 (Vol XIII, No. 147). E- Bensel A.A., Bensel's Sauk County Directory (Fond du Lac, P.B. Haber Printing House, 1890). F- "Reedsburg Free Press", December, 1894 - January, 1895. G- Freer, Theo, Sauk County Directory (Baraboo, Theo Freer, 1905). H- Current owner, fall, 1983. I- Butterfield, C.W., The History of Sauk County (Chicago, Western Historical Society, 1880). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |