361 FOREST AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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361 FOREST AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
361 FOREST AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Edward B. Hunting; John Hamilton
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:53824
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):361 FOREST AVE
County:Fond du Lac
City:Fond du Lac
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1880
Additions:
Survey Date:1988
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:This two-story front gable form house has a low-pitched gable roof decorated with a narrow frieze. The windows are decorated with cornice lintels, as is the front entrance. A later-added front porch with round columns covers the front facade. A carriage house with hip roof, decorative cupola, and paneled frieze sits at the rear of the property.

The form and massing of the house, along with the window details are typical of late Italianate vernacular houses. This house is a good example of how even a simple house can have details that dress it up. The carriage house at the rear of the property is especially significant and more detailed than the house.

This house was the home of Edward B. Hunting, a merchant, between 1884 and 1887. It was the long-time home of John Hamilton, a railroad clerk, between 1893 and 1919.

This house is not historically significant at this time.
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.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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