108 S Sixth St
Historic Name: | Jay and Bernice Grimm House |
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Reference Number: | 100011401 |
Location (Address): | 108 S Sixth St |
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County: | Pierce |
City/Village: | River Falls |
Township: |
Jay and Bernice Grimm House 108 South Sixth Street, River Falls, Pierce County Date of Construction: 1915 Constructed in 1915 in the city of River Falls, the Jay and Bernice Grimm House is a fine – and relatively rare – example of a Craftsman style airplane bungalow. As a representative of the airplane bungalow form, the house exbibits a compact bungalow plan with a diminutive upper half story that contains a sleeping porch and windows in each elevation. Its Craftsman style is exemplified by its low-pitched gable and hipped roofs with widely overhanging eaves and exposed rafter ends, its dominant front porch with heavy masonry piers and battered wood columns, its decorative half-timbering under the gables, its strategic placement of decorative leaded-glass and art-glass windows, and its extensive interior woodwork and built-in fixtures. This combination of form and stylistic features renders the house an excellent example of an early twentieth-century Craftsman style airplane bungalow. Jay and Bernice Grimm lived in the house for over forty years; during this time, Jay Grimm served as a River-Falls-based attorney and later, as Pierce County judge. Grimm also served on the State Normal School Board of Regents (forerunner of today’s UW River Falls) for over thirteen years. It is a private home and is not open to the public. Please respect the privacy of the property owner. |
Period of Significance: | 1915 |
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Area of Significance: | Architecture |
Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
Historic Use: | Domestic: Single Dwelling |
Architectural Style: | Bungalow/Craftsman |
Resource Type: | Building |
Architect: | Unknown |
Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 01/29/2025 |
State Register Listing Date: | 11/15/2024 |
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 Buildings: | 1 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 1 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |