Property Record
N 893 NEBRASKA ROW
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27329 |
| Location (Address): | N 893 NEBRASKA ROW |
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| County: | Ashland |
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| Township/Village: | La Pointe |
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| Town: | 50 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 30 |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Additions: | C. 1920 1946 1984 |
| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 660 Assoc. Individuals. Mark Woods (son of Col. Woods). Clark Woods Faulkner (pri. owner) c.1901 - present. Historical Background Built about 1901 for Mark Woods, the son of Colonel Frederick Woods, first cottage owner on Nebraska Row. The Woods family and their friends expanded Nebraska Row through the late 1920s.[A] Historical Significance This house contributes to the local significance of the Nebraska Row Historic District in the area of Social History under Criterion A of the National Register of Historic Places. It physically represents the life ways of a class of people able to maintain two distinct residences. In general, women and children took up residence for the entire summer while husbands visited for weekends and a few vacation weeks. This house, and Nebraska Row in general reflects the phenomenon of vactioning with an extended circle of family and friends from one's primary business and social environment, in this case, Lincoln, Nebraska. Description This large summer "cottage" is essentially a two story cube with two rear additions making a large rectanagular box. The clapboard-clad house is simple, with few design influences of importance. It was meant to house an expanding family on their summer retreat. Fendestration is regular with two-over-two double-hung wood sash windows. A single wide shutter lies alongside most of the exposed (not under the porch) windows. A one story hipped-roofed screened porch extends around the three elevations of the original block. The house foundation is obscured by the porch. The property also includes field stone walls and stairs with a built-in resting bench [43-21] leading down to the shore of Lake Superior. Architectural Significance This house, in particular on Nebraska Row, reflects the simplicity desired in wildernesss summer residents. Presumably the famialy spent the balance of the year in an architecturally busy building - this house provided relief in the summer season. This house contributes to the locally significant Nebraska Row Historic District under Criterion C of the National Register of Historic Places as a representative example of the large summer residences constructed on Madeline Island from circa 1900 through the 1920s for a well-to-do extended circle of family and friends from Nebraska. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 690 Bibliographic References [A] Nancy O'Brien, 26 August, 1993, Nebraska Row tour with Rebecca Sample Bernstein and Tricia L. Canaday, Madeline Island. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |