Property Record
W6582 STH 144
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Charles T. and Gertrude Rietz House |
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| Reference Number: | 78172 |
| Location (Address): | W6582 STH 144 |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
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| Township/Village: | Sherman |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 13 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 30 |
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| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Cornelius Leenhouts and Hugh Wilson Guthrie |
| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Rietz, Charles T and Gertrude, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/6/2018 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/16/2018 |
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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. The Rietz House, c.1900, is a large two-and-half-story Transitional Queen Anne style home. An irregular plan transitions to a nearly symmetrical Colonial Revival-like facade with a front-gable roof and three prominent gable wall dormers. Wood clapboard siding covers the house and fenestration includes original double-hung windows with wood sills and lintels and some replacement windows with false muntins. Wide, open overhanging eaves are bracketed and support the gable ends of the asphalt-shingled roof. A large porch, raised roughly four feet, wraps around the front of the building and has an arched roof opening and replacement stone supports and railings. Craftsman-like touches like the brackets and low roof slopes bring into question the exact date of construction on the large property. The original owners, the Rietz family, operated a successful distillery in Silver Creek (see AHI Nos. 78784 and 78787). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |