Property Record
1725 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Helen and Herbert Fisk Johnson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11986 |
| Location (Address): | 1725 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Additions: | C. 1960 |
| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Southside Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/18/1977 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | 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. RETURNED EAVES AND ROUND ARCH WINDOWS W/KEYSTONE IN DORMERS. PALLADIAN MOTIF DOOR W/SIDELIGHTS AND GABLE WINDOW. BRACKETED EAVES AND CORNICE. 2 STORY IONIC PORTICO ADDED IN 1960S; ORIGINAL PORCH WAS SMALL, GEORGIAN STYLE. South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide, 1993: In November of 1895, S.C.Johnson and his son Herbert Fisk, each bought a parcel of land on the east side of Wisconsin Ave. Herbert was married the following year to Helen Converse and two years later they built this house. Herbert died relatively young in 1928. His widow, "Nellie," lived here until she died fourteen years later. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Racine Journal Times 6/3/1999. Racine Journal Times 6/21/1999. Racine Landmarks brochure, 2003. "SOUTHSIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE." Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide, 1993. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |