Property Record
517 MADISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CAPTAIN ELIHU ENOS HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 29472 |
| Location (Address): | 517 MADISON ST |
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| County: | Waukesha |
| City: | Waukesha |
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| Year Built: | 1885 |
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| Survey Date: | 1984 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | SAMUEL DODD |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Madison Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/22/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/8/1990 |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. The Enos house, designed by a local builder, is a large asymmetrically massed residence capped by a combination of hip and gable roofs. The building is frame construction, two stories plus attic in height and includes a polygonal tower attached to the side elevation. Extending across the facade is a frame veranda composed of turned posts supporting the eave line, which is decorated with spindlework. Pedimented gables appear over the main entrance and at the corner of the porch. The veranda retains original ornament in contrast to the house proper which has been covered with asbestos shingles. The foundation of the house is constructed of cut fieldstone and employs cut limestone blocks at the corners. This design is similar to 611 Oakland Avenue (WK 42/15) and 461 Dunbar Avenue (WK 39/6). Enos was a Civil War verteran, farmer, postmaster and first county superintendent of schools. Dodd was a local builder who designed the house. Restored in 1985 by Don Taylor, a banker. Glatzels bought the house in 1991 after living in Milwaukee. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) CITY DIRECTORIES. (B) BIRD'S-EYE MAP (WELLGE & CO. MIL.) 1887. (C) PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF WAUKESHA COUNTY, 1894, P. 842. (D) WAUKESHA FREEMAN 5/11/1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |