Property Record
901 RICHARDS
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Vergenz; Rueben Schultz |
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| Reference Number: | 7197 |
| Location (Address): | 901 RICHARDS |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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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: | This house was probably rebuilt for the Vergenz family by Carl Vergenz around 1930. The Vergenz family had lived at this location since at least 1900, probably in an older home demolished or moved for the construction of this house. Initial research indicates that none of the occupants of this house are historically significant either individually. Featuring a swirled stucco exterior, this one and a half story L-shaped house is characterized by false half-timbering in the gable end, an overhanging gable peak, shed roofed dormers on the main gable, a large stucco center chimhey and an oriel window. Multipaned windows with exterior shutters and an angled entrance in the angle of the house further characterize this unusual house. The house is significant under criterion C as an example of the Tudor Revival in Watertown. Among the best of the Tudor Reviavl styled houses popular in the 1920s in Watertown, this unusual house exhibits the stucco exterior, the false half-timbering, the rustic appearing shingled roof, and the multipaned windows characteristic of a modest interpretation of the Tudor Revival style. Other significant examples of Tudor Revival influenced residential architecture include the houses at 1326 Thomas Ave. (35-16), 904 Charles St. (34-16) and 1333 Livsey Place, all of which are located in the proposed Richards Hill Residential Historic District. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Bernhard Yahn, interview with Joan Rausch, July 9, 1987, Watertown, WI. (B) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |