Property Record
1411 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ALFRED AND EMMA BOSMA HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 15637 |
| Location (Address): | 1411 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | New Holstein |
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| Year Built: | 1914 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Dutch Colonial Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Brieske & Kestell (Elkhart Lake) carpenters/contractors |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | WOOD SHINGLED GAMBREL GABLES W/ FLARED EAVESIONIC PORCHMOULDED ATTIC COURSECLIPPED 1ST FLR CNRS 2013 New Holstein Survey results: Rising from a stuccoed foundation, this one-and-one-half-story, Dutch Colonial Revival-style house is covered with narrow clapboard on the first floor, while the upper half-story is sheathed with wooden shingles. The west half of the north-facing first floor includes a recessed entrance that is sheltered by a porch with a single Corinthian column at the corner. A simple wooden balustrade outlines the porch. A partial open rear (south) porch includes an identical, single porch column. Windows throughout the house are arranged either singly, in pairs or tripartite groupings and all feature a simple wooden surround. The northeast corner of the front-facing, cutaway bay retains its original sawn wooden trim. A historic photo indicates little change has occurred to the house; however, the rear, west-oriented staircase was originally wider. This house was built circa 1913 by Alfred & Emma Bosma. Alfred was born in Wisconsin on 25 July 1885, the son of Sent and Anna Sievers Bosma. Alfred married Emma Struck on 5 October 1908 in the Town of Charleston. Alfred was a mechanical draftsman/engineer and has no less than five engine-related patents in his name (dating from 1937-1952), all while working at Lauson Manufacturing Company/Hart-Carter/Tecumseh. The Bosmas had one son Melvin. Emma, who was a member of the Civic Society and the Garden Club, died in 1959, while Alfred passed away in 1974. The house remained in the Bosma family until relatively recently. 2014: Information gleaned from the receipts in possession of the Bosma family indicate that construction of the house began in the fall of 1913 and it was completed in the Fall of 1914. Total cost from receipts: approximately $5,500. Brieske & Kestell, carpenters/contractors; Herman Ninmer, New Holstein (foundation mason); block produced by Paul Becher, NH; electrical by Wm. H. Riess, NH; paint, varnish & hardware, Schilling Bros., NH; furnace & miscellaneous hardware, F.W. Matthaeus, NH; most building materials purchased of A.A. Laun Lumber Co., NH. |
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| Bibliographic References: | The 1911 Sanborn map depicts a different house on this lot, which was presumably removed prior to the sale of the lot, based on its $500 sale price, George and Augusta Schildhauer to Alfred Bosma, Warranty Deed, 1 April 1913, 43/22, #6012; Sanborn Map of New Holstein, Wis., 1911; “Mrs. Alfred Bosma,” Obituary, The Sheboygan Press, 28 March 1959, 10/5. Original receipts for the construction of the house in possession of the Bosma family. Total cost is estimated at about $5,500. The house was built by Brieske & Kestell of Elkhart Lake. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |