Property Record
460 N ELM ST
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Reference Number: | 46084 |
| Location (Address): | 460 N ELM ST |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | Platteville |
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| Year Built: | 1910 |
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| Survey Date: | 20052023 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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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: | THIS FRAME TWO-STORY HOUSE HAS TERNPLATED GABLE ROOFS WHICH INTERSECT, FORMING A GABLED ELL DESIGN. THE FRONT PORCH ON THE ELL FEATURES DECORATIVE "CUT-OUT" WORK AND TURNED POSTS WITH BRACKET CAPITALS. CORNER BOARDS AND A BRACKETED RECTANGULAR BAY WINDOW ARE OTHER DECORATIVE ELEMENTS OF THIS DWELLING. A FLAT ROOFED ADDITION WAS BUILT AT THE REAR. THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT BETWEN 1908 AND 1915 AND WAS RESIDED IN VINYL BETWEEN 1983 AND 2005. 2023: This 2-story Gabled Ell vernacular house was constructed c.1910 and features modest Queen Anne detailing. It is L-shaped in plan with vinyl siding and a metal-clad gable roof. The front elevation faces east and is asymmetrical in composition. The side-gabled wing features a 1-story hipped-roof porch with turned wood supports and scroll-cut wood spandrel panels. Inside the porch is a single door and a 1-over-1 window in the east wall of the side-gabled mass. Above this is a single 1-over-1 window. The front-gabled mass features a single 1-over-1 window and a decorative oriel window (containing a single-pane window with transom, carved wood brackets below and smaller decorative brackets supporting a sloping roof). The second story contains two singly-placed 1-over-1 windows. |
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| Bibliographic References: | SANBORN-PERRIS MAPS OF PLATTEVILLE, 1884, 1892, 1900, 1908, 1915, 1929, 1929(1938), 1929 (1947). ATLAS OF GRANT COUNTY, WI. MINNEAPOLIS: FOOTE & HENION, 1895. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PLATTEVILLE. MILWAUKEE: C. J. PAULI, PUBLISHER, 1896. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF PLATTEVILLE. H. BROSIUS, 1875. NEW MAP OF GRANT COUNTY. WARREN GRAY: NEW YORK, 1868 (PLATTEVILLE INSET) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |