Property Record
229 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lee-Cornue House |
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| Reference Number: | 151381 |
| Location (Address): | 229 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Walworth |
| City: | Walworth |
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| Year Built: | 1887 |
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| Survey Date: | 20102024 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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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: | 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. 2010: Tax rolls indicate that something was built on the property by 1884 (perhaps a portion of the house), by David E. Lee. A rise in valuation by 1887 indicates yet another improvement. By that time, the house was owned by the Cornue Bros (per an 1891 plat). According to 1900 census material, the Cornue family consisted of siblings Daniel, Lucy and Frank G. By 1921, the property had been sold to Edward Robar, a carpenter who had commenced his career in that field in 1888. He is identified as having constructed a significant number of homes in Lake Geneva and in the Village of Walworth. The Robar family remained in the home into the 1970s. 2010: This one-and-one-half-story house is sheathed with clapboard and the multiple gabled peaks of the roofline are accented with sawn trim. A shed-roofed, open porch with simple square posts, decorative trim and shingle work stretches across the home’s primary (east) façade and shelters the central entrance. A single, two-over-two-light sash is located to either side of the doorway, while a single, similar window rests within the gabled wall dormers above the porch. All windows throughout the house feature a wide wooden surround with a gabled and raised head. A secondary entry is located along the home’s north side and is sheltered by a gabled canopy and a circa-1920s, one-story porch extends off the southwest corner of the house. A garage, as well as a garden shed, is located at the rear of the lot. 2024: Resurveyed. Determined not eligible 2011. Little apparent change. Update photo. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1870 is the date of construction from assessor's info; however, tax rolls and plat info suggests a ca. 1884 to 1887 date of construction, Tax Rolls, Town of Walworth. Plat Book of Walworth County (1891) A bio of Robar is included in Gregory, Southeastern Wisconsin: A History of Old Milwaukee County (1930), 4:528-30. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 14: Illinois State Line To I-43.” WHS project number 11-0524/WL. July 2010, rechecked February 2011. Heritage Research, Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |