Property Record
115 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Simon E. and Carrie E. Simonsen House |
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| Reference Number: | 5367 |
| Location (Address): | 115 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Deerfield |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Survey Date: | 19802018 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
| Architect: | Gordon, J. O. |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| 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. The house was designed by Madison architect J.O. Gordon. Plans in possession of current owner. 2018 - This two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne-style house (Figures 11-13) was constructed c.1890 and was the home of S.E. Simonsen, a prominent local businessman in the tobacco industry. The building is asymmetrical in massing with a hipped roof and lower pedimented cross gables. The foundation is stone and the exterior is finished with clapboard siding and textured shingles. The front-facing gable is asymmetrically placed on the façade and is a full-height canted bay. Across the first story of the façade is an open porch with many decorative details, including turned wood posts and “gingerbread” ornamentation on the frieze and railing. The front entrance is located on the opposite side of the façade as the canted bay. Above the porch stairs leading to the door is small pediment with a sunburst ornament. Smaller, similarly adorned porches are on the side elevations. Many of the house’s windows are one-over-one wood sashes. Other window types include a picture window on the first story of the façade on the canted bay, and leaded glass window on the second story above, and a Palladian-like window in the front gable pediment. The façade also features a small dormer that is positioned at an angle at the junction of the hipped roof and front gable. Additional Queen Anne detailing includes decorative brackets where the gable pediments overhang the canted bays. The property also includes a carriage house (AHI No. 5368) constructed c.1890. It is two stories in height with a stone foundation, clapboard siding, and side gable roof. The primary elevation faces east. The first floor includes a door at the north end with two large square picture windows and a small one-over-one vinyl sash window to the south. The second story includes a central square picture window beneath a front gable flanked by two smaller vinyl windows. In the gable is an oculus window. Centrally located on the roof ridge is a cross-gabled cupola. On the west elevation is an enclosed staircase. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |