Property Record
417 E. High St. (AKA 417 MILTON ST)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Dr. George and Mary Post House |
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| Other Name: | Milton College, Office of Administration |
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| Reference Number: | 85404 |
| Location (Address): | 417 E. High St. (AKA 417 MILTON ST) |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Milton |
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| Year Built: | 1915 |
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| Survey Date: | 197720132024 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | FREDRICK SCHOCK: ARCHITECT |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This two-story Arts and Crafts house was constructed in 1915 for Dr. George and Mary Post following a design by Chicago architect Fredrick Schock. It is rectangular in plan with red brick walls and an asphalt-shingled side-gabled roof with widely overhanging eaves and large pairs of decorative brackets at each corner. The front elevation faces north and is symmetrical in plan with a projecting entry porch at the center of the façade. The porch features a gable roof with a brick parapet and heavy brick piers. Stone or concrete coping along the upper edge of the parapet terminates in tapered square planters; below these, the brick support piers feature geometric stone or concrete ornamentation. Engaged piers where the porch roof meets the face of the building feature the same ornamentation. Windows on each side of the porch are banks of three tall, narrow, four-over-one replacement windows. Second story windows include a small pair of multi-pane casements at the center of the façade and banks of three three-over-one windows on each side. All windows feature brick lintels with contrasting stone corner blocks. Two front-gabled dormers project from the front roof slope; these contain insensitive single-pane windows (including a polygonal center window flanked by small square windows). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Milton Historic Preservation Commission, History in Progress: Hiking/Biking Tour of Historic Milton, Wisconsin, n.d. TAX ROLLS FOR MILTON, ROCK COUNTY COURTHOUSE, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN; MILTON JOURNAL-TELEPHONE, 4-29-1915, P. 4; 12-23-1915, P. 4. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |