Property Record
1202-1318 SUMMIT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | PAINE ROW HOUSES |
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| Reference Number: | 56303 |
| Location (Address): | 1202-1318 SUMMIT AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | row house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | PAINE LUMBER COMPANY |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Paine Lumber Company Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/26/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Paine Lumber Company Historic District'. 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. BUILT TO HOUSE FACTORY WORKERS. THE ROW HOUES WERE CONSTRUCTED OF CONCRETE BLOCK WITH STUCCO FINISH. THE DESIGN IS SIMPLE WITH GABLE ENDS AND PORCHES CONTAINING EXPOSED BEAM ENDS AND SOME HALF TIMBERING. EACH BLOCK OF BUILDINGS ACCOMMODATES SIX FAMILIES. FOUR GABLES AND THREE PORCHES BREAK UP THE FACADE OF EACH BLOCK. THIS COMPLEX WAS ENVISIONED AS A MODEL COMMUNITY FOR FACTORY WORKERS. THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN WAS NOT REPRODUCED IN THE CITY, ALTHOUGH DETACHED WORKER'S COTTAGES APPEAR ON SEVENTH AVE. (WN 27/8) THE ROW HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE PAINE LUMBER COMPANY, OSTENSIBLY AS MODEL FACTORY HOUSING; THEY REPLACE OLDER PAINE HOUSING BUILT AS APARTMENTS IN THE 1890'S (B) THE ROW HOUSES REPRESENT A RARE EXAMPLE OF INDUSTRIAL PATERNALISM IN OSHKOSH. IN 1898, PAINE APARTMENTS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE LOYAL NON-STRIKERS. (C). |
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| Bibliographic References: | OSHKOSH DAILY NORTHWESTERN OCT. 3, 1925 TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH MR. D. CLYDE BUCKSTAFF, PRES. PAINE LUMBER CO., 5/13/81 LAUTENSCHLAGER, PEGGY A., "THE WEST SIDERS" N.P., HONORS THESIS, LAKE FORREST COLLEGE, 1977 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |