3110 ERIE AVE

Historic Name:
David Taylor House (Judge David Taylor)

Other Name:
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Reference Number:
59736

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Property Location

Location (Address)	3110 ERIE AVE
County	Sheboygan
City/Village	Sheboygan
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built	1852
Additions	1891
Survey Date	2005
Historic Use	house
Architectural Style	Italianate
Structural System
Wall Material	Cream Brick
Architect	Henry E. Roth
Other Buildings On Site
Demolished	No
Demolished Date
Additional Comments	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, Division of Historic Preservation. David Taylor came from New York to Sheboygan in 1846 to establish a law practice and quickly rose to prominence as a legislator and judge. In the early 1850s, he hired Henry Roth, a contractor and mason, to erect this stately Italianate house. The low-hipped roof, bracketed eaves, dentil course at the roofline, and square belvedere typify the style. The original ornamental porch columns have been replaced, and the roof cresting and shutters are gone. In 1905, Taylor’s heirs sold the property to Sheboygan County, which turned the estate over to the County Asylum. Inmates worked on the farm to produce dairy products and vegetables, and their overseer lived in the house. In 1915, the county remodeled the residence into a workhouse, where vagrants and prisoners lived while they worked on the farm as part of their sentence. Both uses reflected a late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century reform ideal, which held that physical labor on the land would rehabilitate the spirit. BUILT BY HENRY E. ROTH AND FRANK SCHWARTZ. IS A SHEBOYGAN COUNTY LANDMARK. Charles Cole lived here at one time.
Bibliographic References	SHEBOYGAN FALLS NEWS 11/1/1995. SHEBOYGAN PRESS 2/11/1996. Sheboygan Press 3/13/1997. LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. “Architecture/History Survey: Taylor Dr. Bike Trail: Crocker Ave. To Kohler Memorial Dr.” WHS project number 12-0940/SB. May 2010; reviewed April 2012. Prepared by Heritage research, Ltd. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name	Taylor, David, House
National Register Listing Date	Jan 02, 1976
State Register Listing Date	Jan 01, 1989
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house Italianate

Sheboygan
County

Sheboygan
Community

1850-1859
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