Property Record
188 E 4TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 52442 |
| Location (Address): | 188 E 4TH ST |
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| County: | Fond du Lac |
| City: | Fond du Lac |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 1988 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This two-story Italianate house has a low-pitched hip roof with wide overhanging eaves decorated with paired brackets and a paneled frieze. The house has brick wall and a one story ell extending off of the rear of the house. Windows are largely single light sashes. There is a large segmentally arched window on the front facade, and a bay window on one side wall. The front entry porch features a flat roof, spool and spindle balustrade and frieze, square posts and decorative brackets. It has a hip roof, bracketed eaves, and the form and massing of the early version of the style. All of these elements are well-executed on this well-preserved house. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Fond du Lac City Directories. (B) Sanborn-Perris Maps - Fond du Lac. (C) Fond du Lac Tax Rolls. (D) Carol Cartwright, City of Fond du Lac Intensive Survey Report, Fond du Lac: City of Fond du Lac, 1992. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |