Property Record
511 FRANKLIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CATHERINE AND MARVIN ROSENBERRY HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | ROSENBERRY INN |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 44322 |
| Location (Address): | 511 FRANKLIN ST |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | Wausau |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Survey Date: | 1983 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | American Foursquare |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Andrew Warren Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/5/1984 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Marvin Rosenberry moved to Wausau in 1893 after graduating from the University of Michigan Law School. He practiced law on his own until 1895 when he joined the firm of Bump & Kreutzer, which became Bump, Kreutzer and Rosenberry. His many accomplishments included being one of the organizers of Wisconsin Valley Trust Co., serving as president of the Edgar Land Co. in 1905, serving as the city attorney from 1902-1908, organizing Wausau's first Boy Scout Troop in 1910, and being elected president of the Wisconsin Bar Association. He practiced law in Wausau until appointed to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court where he served as Chief Justice from 1929-1950. Mr. Rosenberry married Catherine Landfair in 1897, and they had three children, Catherine, Samuel, and Florence. Built in 1908 for Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberry, the Prairie School style house is a stucco and brick structure with 2 1/2 stories. The home features a porch across the front with large square supporting piers, leaded glass windows and a Greek meander design on panels flanking a second story window. The home is now (as of 2007) a bed and breakfast inn. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) FRIENDS OF WAUSAU HISTORIC LANDMARKS, MAY-JUNE, 1995. (B) WAUSAU PILOT, OCT. 6, 1908. (C) WAUSAU CITY DIRECTORIES, 1905-1938. ANDREW WARREN HISTORIC DISTRICT, FRIENDS OF WAUSAU HISTORIC LANDMARKS, 1995(?). Marathon County Historical Society & Wausau Historic Landmarks Commission, Walking Tour of Andrew Warren Historic District in the City of Wausau, February 2007. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |