318 E. FRANKLIN STREET | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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318 E. FRANKLIN STREET

Architecture and History Inventory
318 E. FRANKLIN STREET | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:William L. Rhodes House
Other Name:Franklin Street Inn
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:39845
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):318 E. FRANKLIN STREET
County:Outagamie
City:Appleton
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1897
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: Wallace DeLong
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Appleton City Park Historic District
National Register Listing Date:10/25/2002
State Register Listing Date:7/19/2002
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:This is a two and one-half story, gabled hip-roofed, frame, Queen Anne style house with architecturaly developed elevations facing both south and east. This well articulated example of one of the most popular house types of its era features many picturesque elements intended to disguise its basically boxy shape including bay windows, a massive story and a half tall staircase oriel, jettied gables, a 3-story polygonal corner tower with a bellcast faceted roof and a wide wrap-around porch with Tuscan columns. Additional map codes are: 7/32. Garage also on property.

This structure contributes to the significance of the Appleton City Park Historic District under Criterion C as a fine example of a well preserved late Queen Anne style ilustrating the Free Classic phase of the style. This imposing, architect-designed residence exmeplifies the fine late picturesque dwellings favored by Appleton's affluent families in the later 1890s and early 1900s.
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RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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