Property Record
210 LAFLIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRANK PATTERSON HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 28907 |
| Location (Address): | 210 LAFLIN AVE |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Waukesha |
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| Year Built: | 1904 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| 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: | Laflin Avenue Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/28/1983 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of Waukesha |
| 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. This was the Frank J. Patterson home in 1904. No home is indicated on this site prior to that time. There is no further information on Patterson. This eclectic, and imaginative design incorporates and manipulates classical motifs. Dominating the main gable end is a Palladian inspired window composition. The three windows are simple rectangles, extended by enlarged window heads (and a blind arch) into a Palladian form. The arch form introduced in that composition is repeated on the first story of the facade, first as the porch entrance and secondly, as a semicircular window centered above the entrance and a hall window. The steep gable of the porch frames these arch motifs. The remainder of the ornamentation is also somewhat stylized, as is apparent in eave brackets (at main gable and the porch) and in groups of slender posts which grace the porch. Decoration is concentrated on the facade of the building; plain clapboards are employed on the two story walls. A pivotal building in the Laflin Avenue Historic District, this residence is an important example of Picturesque/Queen Anne design. The ornamentation of this building is stylized and fairly solid, providing an interesting contrast to the somewhat ethereal designs located at 204-206 W. Laflin Avenue (WK 37/12) and 215 W. Laflin Avenue (Wk 37/13). |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Zimmerman, #779. (B) Waukesha Freeman, 6/29/1994. (C) Tax Assessor's Card. (D) Waukesha City Directories, 1903, 1904. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |