Property Record
2002 200th Ave.
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MATTHEW AND EVA THOM HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 9401 |
| Location (Address): | 2002 200th Ave. |
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| County: | Kenosha |
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| Township/Village: | Paris |
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| Town: | 2 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 19 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1883 |
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| Survey Date: | 197520132019 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Matthew and Eva Thom House" 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, State Historic Preservation Office. CLAPBOARD ADDITIONS ON SIDE. PAIRED BRACKETS UNDER EAVES. STILTED SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS. 2015- "The Matthew and Eva Thorn House (AH/# 9401) was constructed in 1883 in the ltalianate style and incorporates an earlier (c.1840) frame house. It is irregular in plan with a stone foundation, cream brick and clapboard walls, and an asphalt-shingled hipped roof. All windows are original to the house and, with a few exceptions, feature segmental arched crowns and corbelled detailing below the sills. A cornice with dentil detailing and decorative paired brackets runs the perimeter of the roofline. The front elevation faces east and is asymmetrical in plan with a pair of front doors near the southeast corner. The doors are accessed via a stone stoop and are sheltered by a bracketed awning roof. The first story contains two 2-over-2 windows and a 1-story screened porch at the northeast corner (the screening was added to the porch in 1940). The second story contains three 2-over-2 windows. The north elevation is contains a central projecting bay that features a 1940 exterior chimney of red brick construction. The first elevation contains tall, narrow 1-over-1 windows on the front and side walls of the bay; west of this are a 1-over-1 window and a larger 2-over-2 window (this is the only window in the main housing mass that is not arched). The second story contains tall, narrow 1-over-1 windows on each wall of the projecting bay; one of these windows is located in the center of the exterior chimney which was constructed around the window opening. A portion of the original c.1840 .house projects from the rear elevation of the main building mass. This gable-roofed mass features a wide cornice with eave returns, but is otherwise devoid of overt stylistic references; the c.1840 mass contains a pair of French doors in its east elevation and two multi-pane windows and a 1-over-1 window in its north elevation. The west (rear) elevation contains two 2-over-2 windows at the first story and one 2-over-2 window at the second story of the main building mass. A portion of the c.1840 house projects from the northwest corner of the building. A 1-story, hipped-roof addition (constructed post-1986) projects from the northwest corner of the c.1840 house; its west elevation contains three multi-pane windows. The south elevation of the rear addition contains a shed-roofed porch that shelters a single doorway and two pairs of single-pane casement windows. Above this, the south elevation of the c.1840 mass contains a single 1-over-1 window. The south elevation of the main building mass contains a 2-over-2 window and a projecting bay window at the first story. The bay has a flat roof with decorative brackets and a dentil-patterned cornice; tall, narrow 1-over-1 windows are located in each side wall and a pair of 2-over-2 windows is located in the front wall. Decorative brickwork is located below each window in the bay. East of the bay is a 1-story screened porch. The porch is accessed via a scrE;Jen door in its south elevation. The second story of the south elevation contains a single 2-over-2 window and a pair of 2-over-2 windows. A cream brick chimney protrudes from the southern roof slope near the front of the building. The interior of the building retains most of its historic woodwork, hardware, and spatial organization. In general, the interior spaces have wood flooring and plaster walls and ceilings. The first floor contains the kitchen, dining room, sitting room, parlor, office, bathroom, front hall, and utility space. In general, most of these spaces are separated by original wood paneled doors, with the exception of the parlor which is separated from the sitting room by an original pair of pocket doors. Original decorative stenciling is visible along the dining room walls where the current owner has removed later layers of paint. The second floor contains individual bedrooms and was not available for viewing. Contributing outbuildings The property also contains two contributing outbuildings, both of which represent the house's historic agricultural setting. The poultry house (AHI# 227907) was constructed c.1915. It is rectangular in plan with clapboard walls and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. A single pedestrian doorway is located in the west elevation. The south elevation contains ten regularly spaced pairs of 6-pane windows. Two metal ventilators are located along the roof peak. The smoke house (AHI# 227908) was constructed c.1890. It is rectangular in plan with fieldstone walls and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. The front elevation faces east and is symmetrical in plan with a single board-framed doorway centered in the wall. Noncontributing outbuildings The property's two noncontributing outbuildings are both remnants of the historic farmstead that have been recently altered to accommodate the property's change in use. The garage (AHI# 227909) was originally constructed c.1900 as a granary. It is rectangular in plan with clapboard walls and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. The east elevation contains four single-bay overhead garage doors that were added after 1986. The south elevation contains a multi-pane window just below the gable. A shed-roofed wood shed projection was added to the west elevation when it was converted to a garage. The machine shed (AHI# 227910) was originally constructed c.1900 as an animal barn. It is rectangular in plan with vertical board walls and a new metal roof. The north elevation of the machine shed contains a pair of pedestrian doors sheltered by a projecting front-gabled roof with wood timber supports. Four smaller 6-pane windows and large 6-pane window are located along the north elevation. The west elevation contains a large sliding barn door. All windows and doors are recent replacements/additions that were added after 2000 when the barn was converted to a machine shed. At that time, the western third of the building was demolished so the current structure is of a smaller size." -"Matthew and Eva Thom House", WisDOT #3200-01-02, Prepared by UWM-CRM, (2015). |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |