55 S PARK AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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55 S PARK AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
55 S PARK AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:James & Elizabeth Connell House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:54801
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):55 S PARK AVE
County:Fond du Lac
City:Fond du Lac
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1915
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Prairie School
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stucco
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: East Division Street - Sheboygan Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:4/17/2010
State Register Listing Date:2/19/2010
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:This two-story Prairie-influenced house has a hipr oof with an unusually-shaped dormer. The walls are stuccoed and windows are largely single-light sashes, placed in groups of two or three. A shallow two-story bay with the same unusual shape of its roof as the dormer projects from a side wall of the building. The front porch features a hip roof with flared eaves supported by plain square posts and a stuccoed balustrade.

This building is architecturally significant as a good example of a Prairie Style-influenced house. It has the horizontal emphasis in the plan and massing that is typical of the style. While not overly-detailed, this house is a good example of the inluence of the style in a community with few good Prairie Style houses.

This house was probably built for James and Elizabeth Connell, who lived there between 1903 and 1942. James Connell was a physician. This house is not individually historically significant.
Bibliographic References:(A) Fond du Lac City Directories. (B) Sanborn-Perris Maps - Fond du Lac. (C) 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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