Property Record
303 HIGH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Ernest F. Wieckert Home |
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| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 63047 |
| Location (Address): | 303 HIGH ST |
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| County: | Winnebago |
| City: | Neenah |
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| Year Built: | 1881 |
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| Survey Date: | 2004 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| 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: | 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-Public History. A frame residence with strong East lake references. Largest example in Neenah. In the process of being restored. The 1981 map code is 52/5a on city engineers base map. The 2004 map code is 149/33a. E.F. Wieckert first came to Neenah in 1868 as a carpenter, but got into the planning business in 1874. Ultimately he owned mills in Appleton and Underhill and was considered prominent in lumbering circles. Was involved in the construction of teh Neenah City Hall; the Havilah Babcock House, the F.J. Sensenbrenner House and numerous Fox River Valley mills and homes. Was also proprietor of Neenah's electricity plant. This house was built by Ernest F. Wieckert in 1881. Wieckert was born in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, in 1845. He came to Neenah in 1868 and the following year he married Marie Miller. He immediately embarked on a milling career when he joined the flour mill of Krueger and Lachmann as a millwright. He began a furniture store in 1870; however, it was destroyed by fire that same year. Having lost everything in the fire, he relocated to Nebraska, where he again engaged in the furniture business. Four years later he returned to Neenah with his business associate Mr. Hooker and began to expand operations. By 1889, the firm was known as The Wieckert Company. Wieckert and his firm were involved in the construction of the former Neenah City Hall, the Havilah Babcock and F.J. Sensenbrenner residence (both on E. Wisconsin Avenue), as well as many Fox River mills and other homes. Wieckert died in 1920. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Neenah Daily Times; 10/15/1881. B. Daily News and Times; 3/12/1920; p.8, col. 4. C. Titus' History of the Fox River Valley, p.487. D. Brant & Fullers Atlas of Winnebago County, p.25. E. Glaab & Larsen's Factories in the Valley, p.208. Newsbrief(re; Ernest F. Wieckert Residence), Neenah City Times, 15 October 1881, 1/3; "Pioneer Mill Owner of Neenah is Dead," Neenah Daily Neews and Times, 12 March 1920, 8/4. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |