Property Record
1403 Superior Ave
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frank and Caroline Hoffmann House |
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| Reference Number: | 82420 |
| Location (Address): | 1403 Superior Ave |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 20042020 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2020: House re-sheathed with vinyl, windows replaced and upper porch railing removed. 2020-2024 Sheboygan Targeted Resurvey recommendation write-up: Rising from a rock-faced, concrete block foundation, this two-story, Colonial Revival-style house is sheathed with vinyl and is topped with a steeply pitched, hipped roof. A round-arched dormer is located along the north roofline, while a hipped-roof example extends from the west. A flat-roofed porch with Corinthian column supports shelters the projecting central entrance on the first floor. Located on both sides of the entry is a single plate-glass window; two additional plate-glass windows occupy the second floor. Remaining fenestration consists of one-over-one-light, double hung replacement sash. This house was built in 1907 for Frank & Caroline Hoffmann. Frank was born in Bohemia in 1866 and immigrated to the United States at the age of eleven. After first living with his uncle in Kellnersville, he moved to Sheboygan in 1884 and began working at the Knocke meat market. In 1889 he married Caroline Herziger; they had no children but they raised a niece. He would later establish his own meat business—including the manufacture of sausage--which was located next-door to the house (no longer extant). In addition to his business, Frank served a term as a city alderman. Caroline died in 1931 and Frank in 1933. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Citations for the 2020-2024 Targeted Resurvey of Sheboygan recommendation write-up: U.S. Federal Census, Population, 1910; Assessor’s information for 1403 Superior Avenue; Sheboygan City Directory, 1906-07, 1908-09; “Frank Hoffmann, Former Alderman, Dies at Home,” The Sheboygan Press, 29 May 1933, 4. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |