Property Record
809 CHAPPLE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Benjamin W. Harper House |
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| Other Name: | Osborn Home Association House |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 579 |
| Location (Address): | 809 CHAPPLE AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Two Story Cube |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | This two story hip roof rectangular plan house is unusual for its gambrel roof wall dormer and mansard-like roof on the front veranda side bay window. One of the many homes built by the Osborn Home Association. The home's first owner was carpenter Benjamin W. Harper (38/590, #11560), who sold the house to William J. Connor on 6 June 1892 (46/620, #18662). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Warranty Deeds, On file at the Ashland County Courthouse. City Directories. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |