Property Record
705 E 3RD ST N
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SMITH, N.J. AND LILLIAN, HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | MYSTIC TIE LODGE |
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| Reference Number: | 20659 |
| Location (Address): | 705 E 3RD ST N |
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| County: | Rusk |
| City: | Ladysmith |
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| Year Built: | 1916 |
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| Survey Date: | 19752021 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| 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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. See #0020660. WIDE OVERHANGING FLARED EAVES. PALLADIAN MOTIF FRONT DORMER WINDOW. POLYGONAL 1 STORY REAR ORIEL W/STUCCO SIDING. N.J. SMITH RAN MENASHA WOODENWARE FOR CHARLES SMITH. LADYSMITH NAMED AFTER CHARLES SMITH'S WIFE. Original construction cost was $60000. Craftsmen and interior decorators from Mpls.-St. Paul were employed in its construction.[A] 2021: Resurveyed. This Colonial Revival-style house was built in 1916. It was originally the primary residence of N.J. and Lillian Smith and has served as a Masonic lodge (Mystic Tie Lodge #280) since the 1930s. The two-and-one-half-story building has a rectangular footprint, brick-clad exterior, and hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves. Centered on the symmetrical façade is a hipped roof screened porch with a subtle segmental arch and brick corner columns. To each side of the porch on the first story is a three-part window unit consisting of a central four-light square window with flanking one-over-one sash windows. A similar window grouping is centered on the second story of the façade above the porch but with flanking six-over-one sash windows. To each side of these windows is a four-light square window. Centered on the front slope of the hipped roof is a prominent shingled dormer with a Palladian-like window. Extending off of the building’s north elevation is a porte-cochere with a gently sloping shed roof and square brick columns. On the south side of the building is a two-story wing that is setback slightly from the main portion of the house. The wing is in essence a two-story integrated sunroom with expansive banks of windows on all sides and a canted bay window on the first story of its south elevation. East of, and contemporary with, the Smith House/Mystic Tie Lodge is AHI #20660. The building appears to have been a garage/carriage house originally and was converted into a caretaker’s house when the property became a Masonic lodge. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [A] Ladysmith News, 2/6/1992. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |