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826 E COLLEGE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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826 E COLLEGE AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
826 E COLLEGE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:39108
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):826 E COLLEGE AVE
County:Outagamie
City:Appleton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
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Direction:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1880
Additions:
Survey Date:2005
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Gabled Ell
Structural System:
Wall Material:Aluminum/Vinyl Siding
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:This structure contributes to the significance of the East College Avenue Residential Historic District under Criterion C as an example of a gabled-ell village house of about 1880 that was brought-up to date with new front fenestration and a deep colonial style front porch with a flaring roof tied back into the roof of the ell to give the house the cottagey look so fashionable in the early 1900's. The front porch was partially enclosed and glazed to form a sunroom still later. Garage also on property.

This house was previously surveyed in 1991 and no visible exterior changes have occurred since then.
City assessor's records offer a circa 1880 date of construction; the house appears on an 1886 Sanborn map with a porch that extended along the entire south facade. The existing porch was altered to its current size sometime after 1924. The earliest known owner of the home (according to an 1884-85 city directory) was Dr. William H. Chilson, a dentist (and alderman) and his wife Grace.
Bibliographic References:Sanborn Maps 1886-1924 City of Appleton directories Architecture and History Survey. May 2005. Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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