Property Record
800 MACARTHUR AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARK C. AND MARTHA MACKENZIE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 741 |
| Location (Address): | 800 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: | Front Gabled |
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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: | Two story vernacular gabled house with pressed board siding, altered windows. |
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| Bibliographic References: | On 3 December 1887, the Ashland Press reported the building for the year. In the list was the house for M.C. Mackenzie at 8th Avenue at 8th Street (value, $1,200), which, when compared to deed information, is this house. This was one of the many lots that was owned by the Osborn Home Association. Based on the deed transfer date, it appears that the house was built by the OHA and then turned over to McKenzie. The 1890 city directory confirms Mack MacKenzie's occupation of the house (he is cited as a warehouseman for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad. On 1 October 1887, The Ashland Press also reads: "William MacKenzie has purchased lot 7, Block 16 of the Frank Osborn Home Association and has begun erection of a new and handsome residence." Although the paper incorrectly cited William Mackenzie as the owner (William was indeed boarding at the house per 1890 city directory information), the legal description confirms that this is the correct house. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |