Property Record
1050 N 2nd St
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Paul Kuehl House |
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| Reference Number: | 136667 |
| Location (Address): | 1050 N 2nd St |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1937 |
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| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Paul Burney Kuehl |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Previously thought to be the Paul "Stuehl" House, additional archival research has confirmed that the building was owned and designed by Paul Kuehl. The Paul Kuehl House was constructed in 1937 in a picturesque Tudor Revival style following a design by original owner and mechanical engineer, Paul Kuehl. The house features a masonry exterior; an irregular roof form featuring multiple, steeply-pitched gables with low eaves; large, multi-pane, metal-frame windows that incorporate paired casements; a round-arched front door; and multiple wall and gable dormers that provide increased living space within the building’s compact interior plan. The building also displays distinct references to the Rustic style of architecture popularized by the National Park Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps in the first half of the twentieth century; these references include the house’s rough-cut, semi-coursed stone exterior in which individual stones are cut and laid in long, narrow bands suggestive of the horizontal layering of sedimentary stone; the use of wood shakes under the gables and along the side walls of dormers; the simple use of natural textures and materials in place of highly detailed, superficial ornamentation; and its exaggeratedly steep rooflines and broad roof planes. THE STUEHL HOUSE IS PLATTEVILLE'S ONLY TUDOR REVIVAL STYLE HOUSE AND IT IS A VERY UNUSUAL DESIGN THAT UTILIZES THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF THE STYLE SUCH AS STEEPLY PITCHED GABLE ROOFS, WALLS CLAD IN A MIXTURE OF STONE AND WOOD SHINGLES, AND METAL SASH GROUPED CASEMENT WINDOWS, BUT THE OVERALL EFFECT BOTH SIMPLIFIES AND EXAGGERATES THESE ELEMENTS IN A WAY THAT IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE KIND OF WPA-DESIGNED BUILDINGS THAT WERE BEING BUILT IN THE NATION'S NATIONAL PARKS AT THE SAME TIME. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Maybe You Know That,” Platteville Journal, July 15, 1936. CITY OF PLATTEVILLE TAX ROLLS. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |