Property Record
306 GRAND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Bernhard Tragsdorf House |
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Reference Number: | 6313 |
Location (Address): | 306 GRAND AVE |
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County: | Clark |
City: | Neillsville |
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Survey Date: | 2003 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | PAIRED BRACKETS UNDER EAVESBAY ON SIDE 2016- "This home was built in 1885 in the Italianate style by the Montgomery family in one of Neillsvilles' most desirable nieghborhoods of the time. In the 1890s, shortly after the home's construction, the property was purchsed by Bernhard and Bertha Tragsdorf. Bernhard Tragsdorf and R.W. Balch owned and operated a general merchandise business. Tragsdorf's original home the "Central House" (a hotel formerly on the same site as the "Merchants Hotel") blew across town and ignited the fire. Bernhard's oldest son, William, was a stenographer to the Governor of the Panama Canal during the Canal's construction. William Tragsdorf retired and came back to Neillsville and built "Trag's Theatre", Neillsville's first, on Hewett Street around 1918." -"Neillsville, Wisconsin Historical & Architectural Tour", Prepared by the Neillsville Historic Preservation Commission, 2016. |
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Bibliographic References: | A Self-Guided Walking-Driving Tour, Neillsville, Wisconsin Historical Homes by the Neillsville Improvement Corp., 1996. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |