Property Record
217 PORTAGE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | A.W. Vaughan/Samuel W. Everson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 3555 |
| Location (Address): | 217 PORTAGE ST |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Lodi |
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| Year Built: | 1884 |
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| Additions: | 1906 |
| Survey Date: | 1999 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Carl C. Menes |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Portage Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/2/2000 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/21/2000 |
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| Additional Information: | 2 RECESSED PORCHES W/OPEN ARCHES ON 2ND FLR, LEADED GLASS TRANSOMS ON WINDOWS, CUT STONE FOUNDATION, STUCCO-CLAD GABLE ENDS. SAMUEL EVERSON WAS LODI'S POSTMASTER DURING TEDDY ROOSEVELT'S TERM. TWO-STORY COACH HOUSE IN REAR DATES FROM 1884 AND WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE A. W. VAUGHAN HOUSE, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL HOUSE ON THIS SITE, BUILT IN 1884. The carriage house is a contributing resource. IN 1906, LODI ARCHITECT AND BUILDER CARL C. MENES GREATLY ALTERED AND PROBABLY ENLARGED THIS EARLIER HOUSE FOR SAMUEL EVERSON, RESULTING IN THE HOUSE THAT IS HERE TODAY (1999). "This Free-Style Queen Anne home also shows elements of the later Colonial Revival style in the simple Tuscan columns supporting the porch. Sam and Lena Everson first occupied this house in 1903. Sam was Lodi's postmaster under Teddy Roosevelt. The original house occupying this spot burned, but the 1884 coach house at the back of the property still survives." Preservation Committee of the Lodi Valley Historical Society, Stepping Back: A Walking Tour of Historic Lodi Homes, 1995. |
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| Bibliographic References: | STEPPING BACK: A WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC LODI HOMES. LODI VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, JUNE 1995. City of Lodi Tax Rolls. Lodi Valley News: 5/10/1884, p. 3; 6/07/1884, p. 3; 6/28/1884, p. 3; 10/18/1884, p. 3; 5/30/1885, p. 3; 6/13/1885, p. 3. Lodi Enterprise: 7/20/1894, p. 1; 8/18/1905, p. 4; 8/02/1907, p. 5; 10/15/1909, p. 1 (photo). Lodi Historical Album; 1848-1973. Lodi: 1973, p. 123 (photos). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |