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DE PERE, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the Edward F. and Jean Kohl House in De Pere (Brown County) on the National Register of Historic Places in January 2024.

The Kohl House was constructed in 1940 on a prominent corner lot and is one of the largest Neoclassical Revival style houses built in De Pere. Owner Edward F. Kohl was the manager of the sizeable H. C. Prange department store in Green Bay when his new house was designed by Harry W. Williams, one of the most successful architects practicing in the Green Bay area during the mid-twentieth century.

The L-plan house that Williams designed for the Kohls is clad mostly in red brick and has living space that is spread over two stories. The house is one of Williams’s finest known residential designs and it is the best example of the Neoclassical Revival Style found in the city of De Pere.

Additional information for the Edward F. and Jean Kohl House is available at:

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR2761

To learn more about the State and National Register programs in Wisconsin, visit: https://wisconsinhistory.org/hp/register/

About the Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visit https://wisconsinhistory.org.