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501 PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

501 PARK

Architecture and History Inventory
501 PARK | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:BONNIE VIEW
Other Name:BONNIE VIEW
Contributing:
Reference Number:44121
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):501 PARK
County:Grant
City:Boscobel
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1868
Additions:
Survey Date:1982
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
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:TWO-STORY FRAME HOUSE WITH T-PLAN. PORCH WITH TURNED POSTS AND SPINDLE WORK EXTENDS ACROSS SIDE WING. ARCHITECTURAL STATEMENT: 'BONNIE VIEW' WAS CONSTRUCTED FOR MATT PITTMAN AND REMAINED IN THE PITTMAN FAMILY UNTIL 1967. (D) THE DESIGN IS AN AMALGAMATION OF A NUMBER OF STYLES AND PERIODS, HOWEVER, MAP RESEARCH AND THE BASIC PLAN (WHICH COLSELY RESEMBLES HTE W.W. FIELDS HOUSE AT 505 PARK, GT 18/3) SUGGEST THIS RESIDENCE WAS CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 1868-69. BONNIE VIEW IS A T-SHAPE IN PLAN, EACH WING RISING TWO STORIES. A BAY WINDOW, A PORCH AND GABLED DORMERS DECORATE THE FACADE AND A SHINGLED APRON DIVIDES THE TWO STORIES. THE GABLE ENDS ARE ALSO SHINGLED. THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY COVERED WITH ASBESTOS SHINGLES. THE BUILDING WAS ALTERED IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. HISTORICAL STATEMENT: MATT PITTMAN ARRIVED IN BOSCOBEL IN 1866, HAVING TRAVELED FROM EAGLE WITH CHARLES McWILLIAMS. McWILLIAMS AND PITTMAN PURCHASED A LOCAL DRUG BUSINESS AND IN 1970, PITTMAN OPENED HIS OWN DRUGSTORE ON WISCONSIN AVE.(E) (936 WISC. AVE. GT 16/9). BONNIE VIEW IS HISTORICALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE OF ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LOCAL BUSINESSMAN. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS: PT.L2,L3,L4,L5 B1.13 O.P.
Bibliographic References:A. HERITAGE ALBUM, BOSCOBEL, 1973, P. 83. B. GRAY & PETTENGILL, NEW MAP OF GRANT CO. 1868 INSET OF BOSCOBEL (PLAN). C. RUGER & STONER, BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF BOSCOBEL 1869. D. HERITAGE ALBUM, BOSCOBEL, 1973, P.61. E. 'PITTMAN OBITUARY,' WISCONSIN NECROLOGY VOL. 10 P.198.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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