Property Record
477 AHNAIP ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Tyler D. Phillips House |
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| Reference Number: | 59637 |
| Location (Address): | 477 AHNAIP ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Menasha |
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| Year Built: | 1894 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | Yes |
| Demolished Date: | 0 |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Stained glass windows, front porch. Tyler D. Phillips was one of the most prominent undertakers in Winnebago County. Active in community affairs since the early 1870's, Phillips hed a wide variety of offices (serving as alderman and volunteer fireman) and was an active member of the Republican Party. Along with John Clovis, A.J. Tuchscherer, and John Planner, Phillips was a leader in Menasha's mercantile community, opening a furniture store inpartnership with Philo Hine in 1876. This was expanded to include undertaking, and Phillips went on to hold many inportant position in the funeral industry, including President of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association, and Coroner of Wiinnebago County. His home on Ahnaip Street was constructed sometime before 1895. The Tyler D. Phillips house is associated with a prominent merchant and elected official. While architecturally modest, the building retains sufficient integrity of site and structure to be a recognizable product of Menasha history. Set on the boundary between an industrial and residential district, the Tyler D. Phillips home is Queen Anne with Stick Style references. The plan configuration is an L-plan and the roof is combination hip and gable. The roofing ,material is asphalt, the walls are clapboard, and the foundation is stone. The windows consist of single and paired double hung, single paned sash. Decorative featues include fish scale shingles in the gable ends, stained glass panes in the attic windows, and bull's eye framing around the doors and windows. The Tyler D. Phillips house is a contributing member of the Naymut Street Historic District. while architectural modest, the building is nevertheless the only example of Stick Style influences in Menasha. 2009--Previously surveyed in 1984 and considered a contributing element to the Naymut Street Historic District. As of 2009, the house is no longer extant. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Menasha Press; March 20, 1879; page 3, column 2. Ibid.: March 30, 1872; page 1, column 2. B. Ibid.; July 6, 1876; page 3, column 6. C. Menasha Record; September 1, 1906; page 1, column 3. Menasha Evening Breeze; January 13, 1899; page 1, column 2. D. Sanborn Perris Map; Menasha, Wisconsin; 1895. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |