765 ALGOMA BLVD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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765 ALGOMA BLVD

Architecture and History Inventory
765 ALGOMA BLVD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:William E. Pollock House
Other Name:UW-Oshkosh, Pollock Alumni House, OSH 0010
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Reference Number:16855
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):765 ALGOMA BLVD
County:Winnebago
City:Oshkosh
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1920
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Survey Date:19782011
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Spanish/Mediterranean Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stucco
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Pollock, William E., Residence
National Register Listing Date:12/6/1984
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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, State Historic Preservation Office. William Pollock manufactured the overalls--trademarked “Osh Kosh B’Gosh”--that made Oshkosh a household name. In 1920, he commissioned a handsome expression of Mediterranean Revival architecture, featuring stuccoed walls, red-tile roofs with decoratively cut rafter tails, and arched window and door openings. French doors flanked by sidelights open onto a wrought-iron balconet above the arched entry vestibule. East of the entry, five arched sashes fill a bay window, covered by a pent roof clad in mission tiles. Fluor Brothers, a local contractor, built the house from plans drawn by an unidentified architect in Chicago. In 1946, after Pollock donated the house to the Wisconsin State Teachers College at Oshkosh (now the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh), the building became a women’s dormitory, but is now the alumni center. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: SPANISH-MEDITERRANEAN REVIVAL, STUCCO EXTERIOR, TILE ROOF, TWO AND ONE HALF STORY, EXCELLENT INTERIOR. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: BUILT IN 1920 FOR OWNER OF OSHKOSH OVERALL CO. (OSHKOSH B'GOSH). GIVEN TO UNIVERSITY 1943.
Bibliographic References:Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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