Property Record
320 S BROADWAY
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Louis Smith Tainter House |
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| Other Name: | UW-Stout, Foundation Office, STO 0062 |
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| Reference Number: | 21651 |
| Location (Address): | 320 S BROADWAY |
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| County: | Dunn |
| City: | Menomonie |
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| Year Built: | 1889 |
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| Survey Date: | 19782011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Sandstone |
| Architect: | HARVEY ELLIS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Tainter, Louis Smith, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/18/1974 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. ROUND ARCH ENTRANCE AND PORCH ARCADE. ROUGH CUT STONE WALLS W/GEOMETRIC STONEWORK & DENTILLING AT EAVES. ROUND SIDE TOWER W/CONICAL ROOF & MITERED ARCH MOTIF. PARAPET. LARGE STONE CHIMNEYS W/TALL FLUTED CAPS. TAINTER BECAME V.P. OF KNAPP, STOUT LUMBER CO IN 1899. THE BUILDING WAS ACQUIRED BY THE SCHOOL FROM THE WILSON FAMILY IN 1940 AND NAMED MARY EICHELBERGER HALL. WILSON WAS IMPORTANT IN KNAPP STOUT. THE BUILDING WAS PAID FOR OUT OF A $20,000 LEGACY PROVIDED IN THE WILL OF MRS. MARY EICHELBERGER OF HORICON, WI. THE BUILDING WAS CONVERTED INTO A DORMITORY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 WOMEN BY 9/1945. |
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| Bibliographic References: | CURTIS-WEDGE & JONES, GEORGE "HISTORY OF DUNN CO, WI" P254 (MINNEAPOLIS, MINN: H C COOPER JR & CO 1925). DWIGHT AGNEW "A HISTORY OF STOUT STATE UNIVERSITY (1893-1966). WALKER WYMAN ED. HISTORY OF WISCONSIN STATE UNIVERSITIES (1866-1968), PP. 262-263. "ANNUAL CATALOG, THE STOUT INSTITUTE, 1941-1942", P. 22; 1944-1945, P. 14. Eau Claire Leader Telegram 12/19/2000. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |