Property Record
314 N CENTRAL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Willie Cooper House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 97305 |
| Location (Address): | 314 N CENTRAL AVE |
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| County: | Richland |
| City: | Richland Center |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Bentley and Merman |
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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' 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, State Historic Preservation Office. "314 N. Central Ave. Designed by the La Crosse firm of Bentley and Merman in 1919 for Fred H. Pratt, a furniture retailer and undertaker. The two-story central section has leaded-glass casement windows, deep eaves, and brick-and-stucco walls characteristic of the Prairie School. This was the firm's southernmost known Wisconsin project." Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Perrin, Richard W. E., Historic Wisconsin Architecture, First Revised Edition (Milwaukee, 1976). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |