Property Record
1865 OSHKOSH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Woehler House |
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| Reference Number: | 121218 |
| Location (Address): | 1865 OSHKOSH AVE |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 2000 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | April 2000-Rising from a cut-stone foundation, this two-and-one-half story, Queen Anne residence is sheathed with clapboard on its first level and staggered wooden shingles on its second. The multi-gabled roof is covered with asphalt shingles and pierced by three brick chimneys. The main (northwest) façade is dominated by an open, hipped-roof porch supported by tapered, square piers. The solid porch railing is enclosed with clapboard. No spindle work or other decorative elements are present. The northeast façade features a two-story bay topped with a pedimented gable containing fish scale shingle work. Carved brackets with pendants decorate the bay#25;s roof-wall junction. The southwest façade displays an enclosed, hipped-roof porch addition, while the rear elevation is defined by a modern deck and a plywood-covered, entry-porch addition. Other Queen Anne-inspired characteristics include several stained-glass windows, decorative molding dividing the first and second levels and a plain wooden cornice. Remaining fenestration throughout the residence primarily consists of one-over-one, double-hung sashes grouped singly and in pairs. These windows feature plain wooden surrounds highlighted by bullet molding in the top corners. Meanwhile, each gable is pierced by a multiple-pane, fixed window. The side-porch addition incorporates three-over-one, double-hung sashes. All windows are covered with metal combination storms. A modern, two-car garage is located on the property. Tax records indicate that this structure was constructed on a nine-acre tract by John Woehler in 1895. Woehler owned the property until at least 1906. By 1910, however, it was occupied by August E. Theile, who then sold it to H.M. Knapp by 1925. Research yielded no information on Woehler, Theile or Knapp. By 1935, the nine-acre tract had been reduced to 3.5 acres and was owned by Charles C. Rose, who held it no later than 1940. Thereafter, William C. Hitchcock acquired the property and owned it well into the 1960s. Hitchcock was an engineer with the Wisconsin Public Service Corporation. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax records. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |