Property Record
428 N MADISON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MARIA BAXTER HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 44853 |
| Location (Address): | 428 N MADISON ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Lancaster |
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| Year Built: | 1869 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Early Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | STEEPLY PITCHED GABLE ROOFS TRIMMED WITH BARGEBOARDS CHARACTERIZE THIS GOTHIC REVIVAL RESIDENCE. THE ONE AND A HALF STORY HOUSE HAS AN IRREGULAR PLAN CONFIGURATION, A MULTI-GABLE ROOF, PROMINENT WINDOW HOODS AND A SOUTH SIDE BAY WINDOW. THIS 1868-69 STRUCTURE IS CONSIDERED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. SINCE FIRST SURVEYED IN 1976 THIS HOUSE HAS BEEN RESIDED IN VINYL. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THIS RESIDENCE IS IDENTIFIED AS THE "OLD" C. H. BAXTER HOUSE IN AN EARLY PHOTO. (THE "NEW" C. H. BAXTER RESIDENCE IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH AT 446 N. MADISON STREET, 7/28). IN THE LANCASTER SOUVENIR OF 1900, THE HOUSE IS LISTED AS THE H. W. BROWN RESIDENCE. BROWN, WHO MARRIED C. H. BAXTER'S DAUGHTER, IS LISTED AS A LAWYER IN THE 1898 CITY DIRECTORY. TAX RECORDS SHOW THAT THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT FOR MARIA BAXTER IN 1868-69 AND MAPS SHOW THAT IT ORIGINALLY WAS LOCATED ON THE CORNER LOT ADJACENT TO IT THAT IS NOW OCCUPIED BY THE C. H. BAXTER HOUSE (446 N. MADISON ST.) WHEN THE LATTER HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1895 THIS HOUSE WAS THEN MOVED TO A NEW LOT THAT WAS CREATED BETWEEN THE W. B. AND C. H. BAXTER HOUSES. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PHOTO ALBUM, LANCASTER PUBLIC LIBRARY. WATTON'S SOUVENIR OF LANCASTER, 1900. P. 51. SANBORN-PERRIS FIRE INSURANCE MAPS OF LANCASTER, WI. NEW YORK: 1894, 1899, 1905, 1912, 1927, 1927 (UPDATED TO 1940). CITY OF LANCASTER REAL ESTATE TAX ASSESSMENT ROLLS. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF LANCASTER, WISCONSIN. MADISON: J. J. STONER, 1875. ATLAS OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN. MINNEAPOLIS: C. M. FOOTE, 1895. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |