Property Record
415 MCCALL ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lorenzo Riblett; Edwin S. Park; Hobart Tuller |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28668 |
| Location (Address): | 415 MCCALL ST |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Waukesha |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | McCall Street Historic District (Boundary Increase) |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/29/1993 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Tax rolls indicate that this house was built in 189, and owned briefly by Kate Riblett. City Directories indicate that Lorenzo Riblett, a railroad station agent, lived here until 1901. The house was then owned by two different people between 1904 and 1921. Edwin S. Park lived here in the early 1900s. He was Clerk of Courts during this period. It was owned for over 50 years (1923-1975) by Floyd and Hazel Smart. Floyd Smart was a dentist. This house has some historical interest as the home of local railroad station agent Lorenzo Riblett, and later, dentist Floyd Smart. A fairly contained Queen Anne design, this frame house is constructed on a rectangular plan broken only by a corner tower. A steep gable roof oriented with the slope toward the street, covers the building, sweeping around the tower and a small dormer. Although this roof arrangement suggests this is a one story building, the house accomodates a second floor level and an attic. A rectangular oriel window on the east elevation lights the staircase, other smaller windows are also plaaced on the gable ends. Clapboards cover the first story, with shingles introduced above. Originally an open porch followed the configuration of the facade accenting the cylindrical tower; this was apparently replaced prior to 1922 by an enclosed porch. This two and one-half story Queen Anne was built in 1898. Sitting on a cut limestone foundation, the house has a very steeply pitched gable roof, a conical tower, and very long sloping side gables. The first story and a half is covered with very narrow clapboards, while the large side gables are covered with square wood shingles. A large, two-story conical tower projects from the northwest corner of the house. Windows are irregular in size and type, but most are single-light double-hung sashes. Gothic-arched windows decorated with wooden label moldings and tall, narrow keystones sit in the side gable peaks. A large hipped roofed dormer projects from the front of the roof. Large two story square bays sit in the middle of the side walls of the house. They are decorated with an entablature, single-light sash windows, and brackets. The front porch is enclosed with multiple-light windows and transoms and is supported by large wooden corner posts. Under the porch floor are decorative panels. The large, almost oversized details suggest the sweeping and exhuberant details of the Queen Anne style on a basically rectangular form. These details also suggest the Shingle style, a style of architecture that is less common in the state, although its details often appear on Queen Anne houses. Because this is a fine and unusual Queen Anne design, it stands out in the McCall Street Historic District. The Park house is a pivotal building within the McCall Street Historic Disrtict and is considered significant as an example of a period of construction. The house is an example of late Queen Anne style design in Waukesha. A similar design is located at 233 N. James Street (WK 36/25) and on a larger scale, at 301 McCall Street (WK 36/31). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Tax Rolls. (B) City Directories, 1899-1904. (C) McCall Street Historic District Walking Tour, Waukesha Landmarks Commission. (D) Waukesha Freeman 6/3/1996. (E) Sanborn-Perris Map of Waukesha, 1922. (F) Tax Rolls. (G) Building Abstract. (H) Building Permits. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |