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1202-1318 SUMMIT AVE

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1202-1318 SUMMIT AVE

Historic Name:
PAINE ROW HOUSES

Other Name:

Reference Number:
56303

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1202-1318 SUMMIT AVE

County

Winnebago

City/Village

Oshkosh

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1925

Additions

Survey Date

1978

Historic Use

row house/townhouse

Architectural Style

Craftsman

Structural System

Wall Material

Stucco

Architect

Paine Lumber Company

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Paine Lumber Company Historic District'. 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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. BUILT TO HOUSE FACTORY WORKERS. THE ROW HOUES WERE CONSTRUCTED OF CONCRETE BLOCK WITH STUCCO FINISH. THE DESIGN IS SIMPLE WITH GABLE ENDS AND PORCHES CONTAINING EXPOSED BEAM ENDS AND SOME HALF TIMBERING. EACH BLOCK OF BUILDINGS ACCOMMODATES SIX FAMILIES. FOUR GABLES AND THREE PORCHES BREAK UP THE FACADE OF EACH BLOCK. THIS COMPLEX WAS ENVISIONED AS A MODEL COMMUNITY FOR FACTORY WORKERS. THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN WAS NOT REPRODUCED IN THE CITY, ALTHOUGH DETACHED WORKER'S COTTAGES APPEAR ON SEVENTH AVE. (WN 27/8) THE ROW HOUSES WERE CONSTRUCTED BY THE PAINE LUMBER COMPANY, OSTENSIBLY AS MODEL FACTORY HOUSING; THEY REPLACE OLDER PAINE HOUSING BUILT AS APARTMENTS IN THE 1890'S (B) THE ROW HOUSES REPRESENT A RARE EXAMPLE OF INDUSTRIAL PATERNALISM IN OSHKOSH. IN 1898, PAINE APARTMENTS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE LOYAL NON-STRIKERS. (C).

Bibliographic References

OSHKOSH DAILY NORTHWESTERN OCT. 3, 1925 TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH MR. D. CLYDE BUCKSTAFF, PRES. PAINE LUMBER CO., 5/13/81 LAUTENSCHLAGER, PEGGY A., "THE WEST SIDERS" N.P., HONORS THESIS, LAKE FORREST COLLEGE, 1977

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Paine Lumber Company Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Jun 26, 1986

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

row house/townhouse Craftsman

Winnebago
County

Oshkosh
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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