Property Record
512 S 5TH
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Herman Grube House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 7104 |
| Location (Address): | 512 S 5TH |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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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. Exhibiting the combined hip and gable roof form of the Queen Anne style, this unusual 1890s cream brick house is characterized further by Queen Anne stylistic details including decorative shingles and Palladian styled windows in the front pedimented gable, multiple projecting elements such as the two-story bay with cutaway corners directly below a shingled pedimented gable roofe dormer, a front round arched dormer and leaded glass windows. An unusual wide band of corbelled brick work at the top of the elevations directly below the eaves provides additional irregularity to the wall surfaces. Italianate or Classical influence shows in the bracketed eaves. The classic influence found in the later 1890s Queen Anne designs is evident in the full-length open porch ornamented by classical dentils and swag designs and supported by short Ionic columns in the curved south side porch similarly ornamented and in the Palladian styled gable window. One of the few good brick examples of the Queen Anne style in the city, this house exhibits the combined hip and gable roof form of the Queen Anne style as well as the multiple overhangs and projections and irregularity of wall surface essential to this picturesque style. Other significant extant examples the style in the city are the houses at 600 Clyman (43-20), 600 S. 3rd (42-8), 400 No. Washinigton (22-21) and 305 No. Washington (22-21). Although in need of maintenance, this house has good architectural integrity. This was the home of Herman Grube, a merchant, mayor, and banker, while he lived here between c. 1900 and c. 1924. This house has some historical interest as the home of Herman Grube, a businessman. Initial research indicates that his career is not significant, therefore, this house does not meet the criteria for local historical significance. |
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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 |