Property Record
109 E PARK AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Nathan Strong House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48760 |
| Location (Address): | 109 E PARK AVE |
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| County: | Green Lake |
| City: | Berlin |
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| Year Built: | 1848 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| 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: | Nathan Strong Park Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 5/10/2005 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/21/2005 |
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| Additional Information: | Another map code is 2/27, found on the DOT map. This two story gabled ell house features an L-shaped plan with a wing, a stone foundation, an aluminum sided exterior, a wood tirm and an asphalt shingled gable and hip roof. The dwelling, which is allegedly the oldest in Berlin, is in fair condition. A n attached rear garage is a related building. Historical Background: In 1846, Nathan Strong and a group of men from Ceresco (Ripon, WI) were hired by the Government to find a good place to cross the upper Fox River and connect Fond du Lac and Plover with a road. Strong and his colleagues found the best location to be a stretch of highlands which were close to the Fox River. Nathan Strong began building a shanty at this location and the history of Berlin began. A few years later, in 1848, Mr. Strong constructed a house and moved his family from Ceresco to Strong's Landing (Berlin). He initially helped lay out the town plot and sold building lots and later became involved with the lumber industry and was a ferry tender. He died in 1852 and his wife and son moved to Chicago. [1]. For the next fifty years the house changed ownership twelve times before it was sold to John M. Jones in 1903. Mr. Jones and about twenty other families of quarrymen from Northern Wales, settled in Berlin in the eary 1890's. He worked for the Berlin Quarry which was owned by the Wisconsin Granite Company. Mr. Jones was the last employee of the quarries when they ceased operation in 1916, but he spent several years closing them down. [1]. In 1949, John D. Jones aquired the title to his father's house and raised his family here. [1]. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Historic Name source: Gillett, "Early Houses in Berlin, WI.", 1976. B. Date of construction source: Gillett, "Early Houses in Berlin, WI.," 1976, pp. 1-3. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |