Property Record
705 MACARTHUR AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | COLLINS-SANBORN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 733 |
| Location (Address): | 705 MACARTHUR AVE |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Survey Date: | 19822012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Chapple and MacArthur Avenues Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/27/2014 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/23/2013 |
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| Additional Information: | Late Picturesque house with multiple front end glaes on clapboard siding. All windows have been altered, but house is unusual because it once matched it's neighbor 709 MacArthur (26-5). On 3 December 1887, the Ashland Press reported the yearly construction and, on that list was this house built by A.S. Collins, which was valued at $2,500. Deeds indicate that the house, which was built in 1887 by the Osborn Home Association, was sold within months of its completion, to Frank L. & Sarah Sanborn. On 25 June 1887, an article in the Ashland Press entitled "Ashland's Progress" reads: "Rev. A.S. Collins has nearly completed a new and handsome residence on 7th Street in Vaughn & Humbird's Addition." In September the deed officially was transferred from the OHA to Collins (33/113, #6552) and within two months, sold to the Sanborns (33/430, #7185). Rev. Collins likely received a call to another church; hence his departure. Rev. Collins may have resided in the home for a couple of months before it was sold to Frank L. Sanborn and his wife Sarah. Sanborn was the proprietor of Sanborn Bros., a brick manufacruting firm. In August 1891, the house was again sold, this time to Daniel Seyler, proprietor of the Novelty Iron Works. |
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| Bibliographic References: | The Ashland Press, 3 December 1887, page 1; 25 June 1887, page 1, col. 4. Warranty Deeds, Ashland County Courthouse. Ashland City Directories. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |