Property Record
1107 ALGOMA BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Robert H. McMillen House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 29190 |
| Location (Address): | 1107 ALGOMA BLVD |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Oshkosh |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | L.S. HICKS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Algoma Boulevard Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/1/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/6/1994 |
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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. SEE NR NOMINATION FOR THE S.H. WATERMAN HOUSE. ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: A FRAME HOUSE, CONSISTING OF TWO AND-ONE-HALF STORIES TERMINATING IN A HIP ROOF AND ADJOINING GABLES. THE DESIGN IS DISTINGUISHED BY ORNATE CARVING IN WINDOW SPANDRELS AND GABLE ENDS. ROUND ARCHES FORM RECESSED BALCONIES IN EACH GABLE. THE ROUND ARCH AND STEEPLY PITCHED GABLE FORMS ARE REPEATED IN THE PORTE COCHERE WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTH ELEVATION. TURNED POSTS AND CARVING FURTHER DECORATE THE PORTE COCHERE. A NUMBER OF RESIDENCES OF THIS TYPE ONCE EXISTED IN OSHKOSH, HOWEVER, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHICH RETAINS THE PORTE-COCHERE AND AMOUNT OF ORNAMENTATION (RECENT RESTORATION WORK HAS RESULTED IN DISPLAY OF ORNAMENT, PREVIOUSLY CONCEALED BY SIDING). THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLE OF THE QUEEN ANNE STYLE IN OSHKOSH AND OF THE QUALITY CARPENTRY WORK PRODUCED THERE. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: ROBERT MCMILLEN, OF THE MCMILLEN LUMBER, SASH & SHINGLE COMPANY, RESIDED IN THIS HOUSE FROM APPROXIMATELY 1888 TO HIS DEATH IN 1898. MCMILLEN WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR LUMBER INDUSTRIALISTS IN LATE 19TH CENTURY OSHKOSH. MCMILLEN STARTED IN THE LUMBER BUSINESS IN 1858 AS A PARTNER WITH C. W. DAVIS AND R. T. MORGAN IN WHAT BECAME THE MORGAN CO. IN 1866, DAVIS AND MCMILLEN STARTED A SAWMILL WHICH BECAME THE R. MCMILLEN LUMBER CO.. MCMILLEN WAS IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS THE PAINE, SAWYER AND MORGAN COMPANIES. (A) |
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| Bibliographic References: | OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN 5/9/1993. BIBLIGRAPHICAL SOURCES: A. OSHKOSH CITY DIRECTORY 1889. B. OSHKOSH WEEKLY NORTHWESTERN, MAY 24, 1888, P. 5. C. OSHKOSH CITY DIRECTORIES 1889-1900. D. OSHKOSH OF TODAY, OSHKOSH, 1898, PP. 55-56. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |