Property Record
705 S 4TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Bruno and Martha Schatz |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 7096 |
| Location (Address): | 705 S 4TH ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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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: | A 'site file' titled "Memorial Park Historic District" exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. Bruno and Martha Schatz lived here between c. 1919 and c. 1930. Initial research indicates that none of the occupants of this house are historically significant either individually, or as a group within the proposed historic district. Built in the early 20th century, this frame house exhibits the combined influences of the Craftsman movement, the Queen Anne style and the Neo-classical style to create an exceptionally eclectic appearance. Exhibiting a large bracket trimmed front gable decorated with bargeboards and finial overhanging the three sided second story bay window, this well preserved house has a decked enclosed rear porch with knee brace brackets under the eaves, shingled upper story and horizontal clapboarded lower story. A full-length open balustrated porch with pedimented entrance supported by short Ionic columns placed on high concrete bases cover the projecting entrance featuring leaded glass sidelights. This exceptionally well-preserved house is important to the architectural history of Watertown as an example of the eclectic nature of architecture in the late 19th and early 20th century. Similar influences are found in the house at 521 No. Washington. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown, Wisconsin Public Library. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |