Property Record
88 MILWAUKEE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Adam J. Tuchscherer Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 60467 |
| Location (Address): | 88 MILWAUKEE ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Menasha |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Survey Date: | 2009 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
| Structural System: | Unknown |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Palladian window shutters, brackets, front porch. Adam J. Tuchscherer was a prominent merchant in Menasha during the 1880's and 1890's. One of the first merchants in the R.M. Scott Block (180 Main Street, NRHP 1984), Tuchscherer's dry goods store proved to be an immediate sucess. Forays into selling other kinds of products proved to be less successful. Redirecting his energies, Tuchscherer expanded on his strengths by opening a branch dry goods store in Kaukauna with his partner Schlegel. In 1895 Tuchscherer built a business block on the site of the old American Hotel at the corner of Chute and Milwaukee Streets. Three years later Tuchscherer and Schlegel bought the Banner Flour Mill, selling the business block to W.P. Hewitt. The cost of the new building coupled with the falling demand for flour caused Tuchscherer to file for bankruptcy at the end of 1900. By September of 1901 Tuchscherer left Menasha, hoping to locate in Butte, Montana. His house on Milwaukee was built in 1891. The Adam J. Tuchscherer House is historically significant for its association with one of Menasha's most prominent early merchants. The Adam J. Tuchscherer House is located north of the central business distrct on one of the main traffic corridors of Menasha. Situated on the southwest corner of Milwaukee and First Streets, the Tuchscherer House is a two story gabled ell residence built on an "L" plan. The multi gabled roof is covered with asphalt windows are double hung sash two over two. The second story features a multi-paned Palladian window with shutters. Other details include paired roof brackets and wooden lintels. The front and side entrances have porches wih wrought iron ornamentation. The Adams J. Tuchscherer House is architecturally significant for its unusual treatment of the gabled ell form. 2009--Previously surveyed in 1984, the house, which was originally covered with clapboard, has since been resheathed with vinyl. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Menasha Press July 30, 1885, page 3. B. Ibid.; September 3, 1887, page 8. C. Ibid.; March 9, 1895, page 1. D. Ibid. E. Menasha Evening Breeze; February 26, 1898, page 3. F. Ibid.; December 17, 1900, page 3. G. Ibid.; August 27, 1901, page 1. H. Menasha Press; January 31, 1891, page 1. Menasha Register 4/2/1997. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |