Property Record
N 933 NEBRASKA ROW
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | INN (WOODS MANOR) |
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| Reference Number: | 58 |
| Location (Address): | N 933 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: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian 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: | HIGHLY PICTURESQUE PLAN AND ELEVATION [Date Cnst:-1910] Historical Background: Frank H. Woods had this house constructed in 1926 because his wife disliked their first Nebraska Row house at 907 Nebraska Row [43-27]. Frank Woods was the son of Colonel Frederick Woods, first cottage owner on Nebraska Row. [A] On a visit to the island, President Calvin Coolidge, General John Pershing, and Admiral Leahy were guests at this house. [B] Historical Significance: This 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, reflect 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: N933 Nebraska Row [43-31] is an example of Period Colonial Revival style. Constructed in 1926, the house consists of a side gabled two story main block with a two story wing set at an angle. A one story angled wing on the opposite side appears to be a later addition. The design incorporates such Colonial Revival details as an entrance surmounted by a broken pediment which is visually supported by sidelights, shingle siding, and multi-pane double-hung wood sash windows. Interestingly, this house also exhibits details borrowed from Elizabethan Revival, another contemporary style - the stepped pair and triplet of narrow round arched windows and the three side bays with pyramidal roofs. This site also features a front gabled log playhouse [43-32], a garage [44/3, listed at the 916 Nebraska Row address], a combination apartment/garage building [44/4, also 916 Nebraska Row], and a water tower [44-5], which served many buildings in the Nebraska Row Historic District. 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: | [A] Nancy O'Brien, 26 August 1993, Nebraska Row tour with Rebecca Sample Bernstein and Tricia L. Canaday, Madeline Island. [B] "Woods Manor" manuscript history for Madeline Island Historical Preservation Home Tours. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |