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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 450 W 1ST ST |
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| County | St. Croix |
| City/Village | New Richmond |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1905 |
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| Survey Date | 1983 |
| Historic Use | house |
| Architectural Style | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material | Aluminum/Vinyl Siding |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments | This house has aluminum siding exterior fabric and asphalt shingle roofing. The roof is a hip one with pedimented gables. The house plan is rectangular and the roof has a box cornice. All windows have entablature head frames. The south or front facade has a one story (full) porch with hip roof and a wood lattice-work foundation. Porch columns are round and have capitals. It is screened in and the screen door has sawn wood ornament. A small leaded glass window is on the west side of the front first story. A small ell has the doorway east of this and to the east of this is a Queen Anne window leaded glass in the upper portion. Two four pane windows are on the second story. The pedimented gable has three narrow 6/1 windows. The tip of the gable (where a bargeboard would be) if filled in. Wide endboards are actually pilasters. The east side also has a pedimented gable with one window. This gable (and the other two) is almost the width of the house and is centered. The south part of this side has one second story window and a four pane window below. The north section is a two story bay window placed so that the NE corner of the building has corner windows on each story. A leaded glass Queen Anne window is on the first story central section of the bay window. Each side of the bay has a window on both stories. The rear or north side of this residence has three irregularily placed windows. On the west is a pedimented gable like the one on the eat. Six irregularily placed windows are on this side. A detached garage is on the north part of the lot. Landscaping consists of bushes around the foundation. The house rests on a corner lot and is in full view with no trees or evergreens to obscure it. When looked at as an isolated residence this house has no architectural significance. If viewed in the context of the district it is in, it contributes to the historic and architectural character and integrity of the area. Grant Boardman saved Harry H. Smith's life in the 1899 cyclone (see SC29-34) and Smith offered to sell this land to Boardman in gratitude. The plan of the house was made for Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Sutton of Hudson. Boardman lived here until 1923 when the Hagan family bought the home. It now sits on two lots. It was on three and the cost of 1/2 of these when the house was built was $500.00. The house cost $4,000.00 - $5,000.00. Boardman was the head miller at the New Richmond Roller Mills. He was born in boardman, Richmond township on March 10, 1866. His father was Clinton A. Boardman, a blacksmith from Norwich, Vermont. His mother was Margaret Spence Boardman. The family came to St. Croix County in the 1850's and settled in Boardman (then called Lone Tree) and ran a flour and saw mill. Grant was one of nine children, one of who was Stephen C., the secretary and bookkeeper at the New richmond Roller Mills (see residence SC20-32). On June 2, 1886, Grant married Agnes Brady of Warren Depot, Wisconsin. They had three children. Clark C., a mechanical engineering student at University of Wisconsin in Madison c.1909; William C., a student at New Richmond High School c.1909 and a member of New Richmond Lodge #195 F and AM. He had a been a miller all his life. Boardman was not a significant individual in New Richmond's history, nor was he or this residence directly connected with historical events in the city. He was economically and socially related to other residents in this area and contributed to the character of the district. |
| Bibliographic References | A. M.E. Hagan - current resident. B. History of the St. Croix Valley A.B. Easton 1909. New Richmond News 1/23/1997. New Richmond Walking Tour brochure, 2000. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | New Richmond West Side Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date | May 31, 1988 |
| State Register Listing Date | Jan 01, 1989 |
| Contributing | Yes |
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