Property Record
106-108 N ASHLAND AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Theodore Kemnitz House |
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| Reference Number: | 5606 |
| Location (Address): | 106-108 N ASHLAND AVE |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1881 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852021 |
| Historic Use: | duplex/two-flat |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. Photo code #2: 75BR-6/36,37 City of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report Phase 1 - 2021 Fine Italianate house with original full width front porch removed since 1957. The plan of the house is essentially that of a two-story square main block with the northwest corner cut out and with a large two-story wing to the rear. The cut out northwest corner is partially filled with a one-story tall shed roof secondary entrance originally covered by the full-width front porch. All windows have segmented arch windows with corbelled brick hoods with keystones. All window sills also have corbelled brick brackets below the brick window sills. The entrance door has sidelights and a segmented arched transom light with an elaborate brick surround with paneled brick pilasters on either side surmounted by a corbelled segmented arched brick hood with keystone being a more elaborate version of the decoration found over the windows. The hip roof has wide, overhanging eaves with a bracketed cornice below. The deck at the apex of the roof probably once had a cupola above since removed. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE This house is an excellent example of the Italianate style which is quite rare in West Green Bay. The earliest formal houses that survive in West Green Bay are Italianate in design and 106-108 N. Maple, together with 123 N. Oakland (65/22-25) (NRHP), is the best of the four or five houses remaining in this style. The significance of the property is enhanced by the high integrity level of the property and its generally good state of preservation. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Brown County Tax Rolls. B. Brown County Register of Deeds records. C. Green Bay City Directories, 1874 and 1881. D. Green Bay Plat Map, 1889. E. Green Bay Birds-eye Map, 1882. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |