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Frank Leavens was a coal, wood and papermaker supplier.
The house was previously surveyed in 1981 with a map code of 2/10 on a city engineers base map. The 2004 map code is 144/25a.
House was probably designed by Herbert Chivers, a St. Louis architect. In 1910, Chivers published a catalog of house designs, including testimonials from previous clients. Included with plate 84 (the Corapolis Cottage) is the following testimonial:
"We are very much pleased with the house and wish to thank you for the interest taken by you while we were building same. Your plans and specifications were perfectly satisfactory." FRANK A. LEAVENS, (Paper Makers' Supplies), Neenah, Wis.
Since the house as built bears only minimal resemblance to the published design, it is unclear whether the Leavens house was an earlier standard design, a customized version, or if the testimonal even relates to the Corapolis design.
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113 ELM ST (MAY HAVE BEEN 115)
61980
Located in Neenah, Winnebago County
