Property Record
N 887 NEBRASKA ROW
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 55 |
| Location (Address): | N 887 NEBRASKA ROW |
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| County: | Ashland |
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| Township/Village: | La Pointe |
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| Town: | 50 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 30 |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Wood Shingle |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Will Dorgan is the original owner. Raymond Family is the current owner. Historical Background Constructed circa 1915 for Will Dorgan of Lincoln, Nebraska, it was purchased shortly thereafter by the Raymond family also of Lincoln. The house added to the series of houses then becoming known as Nebraska Row. The Raymond family were friends of George Woods, son of Colonel Frederick Woods who began the summer cottage settlement in this area of Madeline Island.[A] Historical Significance The house contributes to the local significance of the Nebraska Row Historic District in the area of Social History under Criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places. It physically represents the life ways of a class of people able to maintain two distinct residences. In general, women and children took up residence for the entire summer while husbands visited for weekends and a few vacation weeks. This house, and Nebraska Row in general, reflects the phenomenon of vacationing with an extended circle of family and friends from one's primary business and social environment, in this case, Lincoln Nebraska. Description This summer cottage is reminiscent in style of larger aristocratic summer homes in Newport Rhode Island. Featuring a shingle-clad wall surface and a flowing gambrel roof, it has a distinct shore resort feel. This house and the one to the north, 891 Nebraska Row [43-19], are examples of shingle-clad Dutch Colonial Revival houses. Side-gabled, they both feature screened-in front (lakeside) porches tucked under the overhanging roof. Centered gabled dormers make the second story space functional. N891 Nebraska Row also has some elements from the American Craftsman style, primarily the bracketed corner posts of the porch. While simple in massing and most properly called Dutch Colonial Revival style, the house is clearly a descendant of the gambrel-roofed Shingle Style residences. Fully clad in shingles, it features a porch-protecting overhanging gambrel roof and has the sprawling, inviting character of seaside summer compounds housing extended families. Architectural Significance this house contributes to the locally significant Nebraska Row Historic District under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic places as a representative example of the large summer residences constructed on Madeline Island from circa 1900 through the 1920s for a well-to-do extended circle of family and friends from Nebraska. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 690 Bibliographic References [A] Nancy O'Brien, 26 August, 1993, Nebraska Row tour with Rebecca Sample Bernstein and Tricia L. Canaday, Madeline Island. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |