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228 W MAIN ST

Architecture and History Inventory
228 W MAIN ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:ASAPH ALLEN/ALMERON EAGER HOUSE
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:61078
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):228 W MAIN ST
County:Rock
City:Evansville
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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Quarter Section:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1875
Additions:
Survey Date:2006
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Evansville Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/16/1978
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:"This two-story gable ell wood frame home was built by prominent early businessman Almeron Eager (1838-1902). Eager was a partner in the Smith and Eager Dry Goods and Grocery, was a founder of the Baker Manufacturing Company, and owned many of the prime commercial and industrial lots in town. He willed large sums of money to educational and religious organizations, including money for a new city library. Italianate details include unusual rope-beaded window hoods, bracketed cornices on the porch and bay, and tall, narrow windows." Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville Walking Tour brochure, 2014.
Bibliographic References:EVANSVILLE REVIEW 12/20/1995. Historical and Architectural Walking Tour of Evansville's Historic District, Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, 1992. MONTGOMERY, RUTH ANN. EVANSVILLE REVIEW. APRIL 17, 1996, PP. 7, 10. Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville Walking Tour brochure, 2014. Historical and Architectural Walking Tour of Evansville's Historic District, Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, revised 1991. Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville: A Walker's Guide, 2002.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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