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206 W PROSPECT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

206 W PROSPECT ST

Architecture and History Inventory
206 W PROSPECT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Ole and Clara R. Terry House
Other Name:Olson, Holzhuter and Cress Funeral Home
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:5953
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):206 W PROSPECT ST
County:Dane
City:Stoughton
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1904
Additions:
Survey Date:1992
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: F.L. Lindsay
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Northwest Side Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/5/1998
State Register Listing Date:7/18/1997
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. 2 STORY PORTICO W/CORINTHIAN COLUMNS AND PEDIMENT. 2ND FLR BALCONY. ELLIPTICAL ARCHED FAN LIGHT OVER ENTRY. ENGAGED PILASTERS. GARLANDED FRIEZE. Ole, a native of Illinois, was the president of the Department Company Store in the Hyland Block on Main St. He died in a train accident shortly after this house was completed. Clara, born in 1874, lived here with her two sons Owen and Grassie, her mother Ellen Rockefeller, and her sister, Helen Rockefeller. Helen was a schoolteacher. Converted into the Kjolseth Funeral Home in 1927.
Bibliographic References:Northwest Side Historic District brochure, 2000. Souvenir of Stoughton, Wisconsin and Lake Kegonsa, 1908. Stoughton Courier Hub 8/9/1927. The Improvement Bulletin 3/5/1904.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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