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404 S MAIN ST

Historic Name:
H.C. Mumbrue-Adelbert M. Penney House

Other Name:

Reference Number:
71484

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Property Location

Location (Address)

404 S MAIN ST

County

Waupaca

City/Village

Waupaca

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1873

Additions

Survey Date

1998

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Second Empire

Structural System

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

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, State Historic Preservation Office. This three-story Second Empire style house has a mansard roof with wide overhanging eaves decorated with a wooden frieze and brackets. Flat roofed dormers project from the mansard. A central tower rises from the center of the main elevation. The second story opening in this tower is a very tall palladian-style opening filled with multi-light sashes. Other openings are largely single light sashes. Projecting one-story bays sit on the north and south sides of the building. The main entrance is decorated with sidelights and a transom and is covered with a front porch of narrow square posts, brackets, and a flat roof. The Mumbrue-Penney House is architecturally significant because it is a fine example of the Second Empire style. It features the mansard roof and Italianate-influenced details typical of the style. The house has a very high level of integrity and is an important architectural landmark in the city. The house is also historically significant for its association with A.M. Penney (1851-1922), the most important businessman in the potato trade in the late nineteenth century. The potato trade dominated commerce in Waupaca during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, thanks, in part, to A.M. Penney, who established potato warehouses and built up the trade. At the height of his importance, he also owned his own farms so he could have complete control of his trading business. During the turn of the twentieth century, Waupaca was the leading potato trade center in the country and A.M. Penney's company was the leading business in town in this trade. Other owners of this house include W.W. Gilmore, J. Austin, Mrs. Ed M. Gordon, and Norman Clayton.

Bibliographic References

WAUPACA COUNTY POST 9/12/1996. Waupaca County Post 1/11/2001. Tax Rolls.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Mumbrue-Penney House

National Register Listing Date

Oct 04, 2002

State Register Listing Date

Apr 12, 2002

Contributing

house Second Empire

Waupaca
County

Waupaca
Community

1870-1879
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI71484

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