Property Record
3110 ERIE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | David Taylor House (Judge David Taylor) |
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| Other Name: | SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM |
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| Reference Number: | 59736 |
| Location (Address): | 3110 ERIE AVE |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1852 |
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| Additions: | 1891 |
| Survey Date: | 2005 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
| Architect: | Henry E. Roth |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Taylor, David, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/2/1976 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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 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. |
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| Bibliographic References: | SHEBOYGAN FALLS NEWS 11/1/1995. SHEBOYGAN PRESS 2/11/1996. Sheboygan Press 3/13/1997. LJM Architects, Inc. #28;City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report.#29; 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |