Property Record
302 N WATER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Christian Becker House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 7214 |
| Location (Address): | 302 N WATER ST |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | Watertown |
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| Year Built: | 1880 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862004 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Second Empire |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | North Washington Street Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/23/2009 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/17/2009 |
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| Additional Information: | Open flat roofed porch with turned posts; overhanging eaves; long narrow windows; leaded glass; concave mansard roof with arched roof dormer; arched raised brick window heads with corbelled ends; gabled door hood; rear one story addition. This was the home of Christian Becker, a grocer, between the 1880s and at least the 1910s. A Watertown native, Becker was also a local politician, holding several offices, including alderman, city treasurer, and supervisor. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Watertown City Directories, 1866-1930, Watertown Public Library. (B) C.W. Butterfield, History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin, Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879, p. 599. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct STH 26 (Church St.): STH 19 To Union Pacific RR.” WHS project number 04-0759/DO/JE. February 2004. Prepared by Carol Cartwright. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |