533 West James Street
| Historic Name: | Farnham, Fred and Lucia, House |
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| Reference Number: | 09000580 |
| Location (Address): | 533 West James Street |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City/Village: | Columbus |
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| Fred and Lucia Farnham House 553 W. James Street, Columbus, Columbia County Builder: Richard D. Vanaken Construction Date: 1867 The exceptionally intact Farnham House is one Columbus's finest Italianate Style houses. The original owners were Frederick F. and Lucia Farnham. Fred Farnham came to Columbus from the state of New York in 1847 and became one of city's earliest merchants. By 1850, he had achieved enough success to return to New York and marry Lucia Marsh. After the couple relocated to Columbus, Farnham took Lucia's brother-in-law, James Allen, into his firm, which was renamed Farnham, Allen & Co. Together, the two men made their firm into one of the city's most successful wholesale and retail produce establishments and their store building is still extant and is located at 111 E. James Street. By 1867, Farnham was wealthy enough to build a new house for his family on a long, narrow corner lot that faced W. James Street, one of the city's most important streets. Columbus carpentry contractor Richard D. Vanaken built the four-bedroom, cream brick-clad house. Like a number of the community's other Italianate Style houses of this period, it has a two-story-tall cruciform plan main block and a shorter two-story rear kitchen wing. The Farnham House is a private residence. Please respect the owners' rights and privacy.
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| Period of Significance: | 1867 |
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| Area of Significance: | Architecture |
| Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
| Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Resource Type: | Building |
| Architect: | Vanaken, Richard D. |
| Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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| Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
| National Register Listing Date: | 07/30/2009 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 04/17/2009 |
| Number of Contributing Buildings: | 1 |
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| Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
| Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
| National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |