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131 N FREMONT ST

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131 N FREMONT ST

Historic Name:
STARIN, FREDERICK, HOUSE

Other Name:
STARIN MANSION

Reference Number:
10403

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Property Location

Location (Address)

131 N FREMONT ST

County

Walworth

City/Village

Whitewater

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1856

Additions

1878

Survey Date

2007

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Italianate

Structural System

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property. 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. STONE LINTELS. Builder was Frederick Starin. He was born in New York in 1821. In 1840, he came West but then returned to New York and got married. Came West again in 1853 and settled in Whitewater. He was a civil engineer for the Wisconsin Central and North Western Railroad. He died in 1896. Two daughters, Imogene (Mrs. Charles Birge) and Jessie (Mrs. John Stump) lived here until 1910. Remnants of stable in rear of building. Brick floor in basement and wainscot cabinet in basement. Smokehouse and tunnel under the house. THIS HOUSE IS A LOCAL LANDMARK THAT WAS RESTORED IN THE 1980S-1990S BY DAN SABLE, OWNER IN 2007. "The firm of Cook, Roseman, and Kjujn built this home for civil engineer and land speculator Frederick Starin, who remodeled it in 1878. Originally a two-story cream brick house, it became much larger when a mansard roof was added to a third story, making a fourth floor ballroom. The house was once used as student housing, but is now once again a private home." Touring Historical Whitewater, n.d.

Bibliographic References

WHITEWATER REGISTER 10/12/1995; WHITEWATER REGISTER, 24 OCTOBER 1878, P. 3 DISCUSSES REMODELING AND ADDITION OF MANSARD ROOF. Touring Historical Whitewater, n.d.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

Yes

house Italianate

Walworth
County

Whitewater
Community

1850-1859
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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