412 W PARK ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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412 W PARK ST

Architecture and History Inventory
412 W PARK ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Frank K. Bissell House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:55752
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):412 W PARK ST
County:Wood
City:Marshfield
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Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1914
Additions:
Survey Date:1978
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Drop Siding
Architect: H.H. Waterman
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: West Park Street Historic District
National Register Listing Date:6/29/2000
State Register Listing Date:1/21/2000
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Bissell, the builder of this house, was a lumberman. House originally cost $9,000. Dr. Milbee, one of the founders of the Marshfield Clinic, lived here at one time.

"This late Georgian Revival architecture with Regency and vernacular influences was built by lumberman Frank K. Bissell in 1914. The house was designed by architect H. H. Waterman of Chicago. Dr. H. H. Milbee, one of the six founding physicians of the Marshfield Clinic purchased the home in 1929, as well as Hans Mueller (Mrg. of J. C. Penney's) around 1939-1949 and sometime after 1955 by Dr. Joseph Ousley, a specialist of internal medicine of the Marshfield Clinic." "West Park Street, Marshfield Historic District Walking tour"
Bibliographic References:Marshfield Walking Tour brochure, 2000. "West Park Street, Marshfield Historic District Walking tour," Marshfield Historic Preservation Committee, ca. 2019
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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