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126 N OAKLAND AVE

Historic Name:
A. J. Selmer House

Other Name:

Reference Number:
32749

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Property Location

Location (Address)

126 N OAKLAND AVE

County

Brown

City/Village

Green Bay

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1921

Additions

Survey Date

1985,2021

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Craftsman

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Foeller and Schober (B)

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

Repetitive use of design elements creates a complicated total design. The house is basically a large 1 1/2 story tall side gabled rectangular block with brick siding on the first story and stuccoed gable ends. The main roof has very wide overhanging eaves with stuccoed soffits and is supported by massive brackets with knee braces. The gable ends of the main block have three nine-light windows under a common segmental arch. The main facade has a very large gable-roof dormer facing the front with stucco siding and the same three window group found on the main gable ends. The dormer has the same wide overhanging eaves as the main roof and identically pitched slopes. A gable roof entrance pavillion is placed on the left side of the main facade with three 11 light casement windows flanking a projecting gable roof entrance vestibule having a deeply inset entrance door. The slopes of the roofs of the entrance pavillion and the entrance vestibule are contiguous with the dormer above forming a tri-gable facade. To the left of the entrance is a five window group. There are gable roof rectilinear bays on the north and south facades with roof slopes contiguous with the main gable ends. Shed roof sunporch on the south facade in the front of the gable roof bay having projecting brackets all around the cornice in imitation of a pergola. This is the best of the Craftsman style houses on the west side of Green Bay in terms of size, complexity and quality of design. The repetitive use of contiguous roof slopes covering various salients to the main block creates a strong and complex visual whole offering a far more elaborate vision of the Craftsman style than is commonly found in Green Bay. The significance of the property is enhanced by the original and well maintained condition of the house.

Bibliographic References

(A) Brown County Tax rolls. (B) Berness-Schober Assoc., Inc. Archives Stick No. 137.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Oakland--Dousman Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Apr 27, 1988

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Craftsman

Brown
County

Green Bay
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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