Property Record
404 S MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | H.C. Mumbrue-Adelbert M. Penney House |
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| Reference Number: | 71484 |
| Location (Address): | 404 S MAIN ST |
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| County: | Waupaca |
| City: | Waupaca |
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| Year Built: | 1873 |
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| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Mumbrue-Penney House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/4/2002 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/12/2002 |
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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, 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. |
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| Bibliographic References: | WAUPACA COUNTY POST 9/12/1996. Waupaca County Post 1/11/2001. Tax Rolls. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |