Property Record
1005 ELLIS AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 664 |
| Location (Address): | 1005 ELLIS AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1916 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822016 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Much like the adjacent bungalow in date and architectural style, this 1 1/2 story house features a broad gable extending down in front to cover the veranda which has a central entry and four symmetrically placed square stuccoed pillars for support. The house is raised on a foundation set of from the rest of the lower story wall by a wooden baseboard. Small windows open into the basement. The first story is stuccoed and the gabled area above is covered with shingles. Small rectangular original windows are placed toward the rear of the house in this gable. Asymmetrically placed windows, including one bay window, are on the northwest wall. The southeast wall has an exposed red brick chimney. Protruding from the roof are two shed roof dormers, each with a pair of rectangular windows a shingle siding. The dormers are placed symmetrically to each side of center, above the large first-story windows on either side of the central entry. Other Bungaloid details include the exposed rafters on the roof and dormers and the wooden purlins under the eaves. SIGNIFICANCE: The bungaloid style house of ca 1916 is considered architecturally significant as a pivotal structure in the proposed Ellis Avenue district as a representative example of the typical mid-teens bungalow. It is significant as well because of its near identical construction to its neighbor at 1011 Ellis Avenue (20-5). No other paired houses of this style survive in Ashland, where it was common to build houses identically or near identically to one another. This house contributes to the overall integrity and unity of thedistrict, sharing similarity of scale, materials and date other properties on this block which represents the best preserved bungalow block in Ashland. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] ASHLAND ASSESSOR'S CARD |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |