Property Record
107 W LIBERTY ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ERNEST J. & ALICE BALLARD HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 85085 |
| Location (Address): | 107 W LIBERTY ST |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Evansville |
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| Year Built: | 1891 |
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| Survey Date: | 2006 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | WILLIAM LIBBY |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Evansville Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/16/1978 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | "This two-story home with cross gable roof has a narrow presentation to the street and extends deeply to the back of the lot. The tall windows with projecting trim, horizontal decorative band on the second story, and ornate scrollwork on the gable ends and porch entry are distinctly Stick style. Local jeweler and optometrist Ernest Ballard built this home. Ballard operated his business on Main Street for many years." Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville Walking Tour brochure, 2014. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MONTGOMERY, RUTH ANN. EVANSVILLE REVIEW: PP. 21-22. Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville Walking Tour brochure, 2014. Evansville Historic Preservation Commission, Historic Evansville: A Walker's Guide, 2002. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |