Property Record
1730 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HUGUENIN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 11987 |
| Location (Address): | 1730 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Cross Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
| Architect: | Lambert Bassindale |
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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: | THIS IMMENSE, TWO AND A HALF-STORY RESIDENCE WAS BUILT IN 1900. IT FEATURES RED BRICK FOUNDATIONS, A STUCCO EXTERIOR AND A GAMBREL ROOF. INTERSECTING ROOFS CREATE A CROSS GAMBREL FORM WITH OPEN GABLE ENDS, ONTO WHICH WERE PLACED WOOD SHIGLES IN THE ATTIC STORY. SITUATED ON THE FACADE, ALSO IN THE ATTIC STORY, IS A PALLADIAN MOTIF WINDOW WITH AN ELABORATE MOLDING. THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED AT 1733 S. WISCONSIN AVENUE, BUT WAS MOVED TO ITS CURRENT SITE AT 1730 S. WISCONSINS AVENUE IN 1928. THE DESIGN OF THIS HOUSE IS ATTRIBUTED TO ARCHITECT Lambert Bassindale. (SEE BIB. REF. A). It was built by Arthur and Mary Huguenin. "Mr.Huguenin was a corporate officer of the Wisconsin Electric Company. Four years after his death in 1923, Mary sold the house to Herbert F. Johnson. It was moved across the street in 1928 and became the house of Herbert F. Johnson, Jr. and his family until 1935, when they moved to The Homstead and later to Wingspread." [C] South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. DESIGN #48, P. 52, IN UNDATED Lambert Bassindale PLAN BOOK IN JIM DRAEGER'S POSSESSION. B. CONSTRUCTION DATE AND HISTORIC NAME AND ADDITIONAL COMMENT CONCERNING LOCATION FOUND IN "SOUTHSIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE". C. 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 |