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701 W MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

701 W MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
701 W MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Kinzel, Leslie K. House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:21853
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):701 W MAIN ST
County:Lincoln
City:Merrill
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1924
Additions:
Survey Date:2005
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:Unknown
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
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. Previously surveyed in 1991. No significant change observed. The Leslie K. Kinzel House is significant under Criterion C as a good example of Prairie influenced residential building in Merrill. This building is a contributing resource in the West Main Street Historic District. Built sometime between 1921 and 1925, the first listing for this house is Leslie K. Kinzel. However, by 1930, George P. Ewing, manager of Ewing-Everst Pulp Company, was listed at this address and remains as late at 1945.
Bibliographic References:MERRILL DAILY HERALD (10/34) A. Merrill City Directories, 1893-1945, located at T.B. Scott Free Library, Merrill, Wisconsin. B. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1883-1948, located on microfilm at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. US West Research. "City of Merrill, Wisconsin: Intensive Survey Report Architectural and Historical Survey Project." Merrill, WI: Community Development Department, 1992.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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