The North Broadway Street Historic District is a 28 acres (11 ha) historic district in De Pere, Wisconsin which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1] It included 47 contributing buildings and seven non-contributing ones.[2]
North Broadway Street Historic District | |
 E.P. Smith Residence, 903 N. Broadway St. | |
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| Location | Broadway, Ridgeway Blvd., Morris, Fulton, Franklin, Cass, Front, and Wisconsin Sts., De Pere, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°27′14″N 88°03′37″W / 44.453889°N 88.060278°W |
| Area | 28 acres (11 ha) |
| NRHP reference No. | 83003368[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 8, 1983 |
The district is located on the north side of De Pere. Contributing buildings within its boundaries were constructed from 1836 to 1923 and were built in a variety of architectural styles.[3]
Buildings deemed to have "pivotal" historic importance within the district (with building # as in NRHP document, and photo # as in linked photos) are:
- Kellogg-McGeehan Residence, 515 N. Broadway St., a two-story frame house with, on its front facade, a projecting pavilion and a full-length one-story veranda[2]
- J.S. Chase Residence, 602 N. Broadway St., a two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne house with a square tower. Its "architectural character" has been "compromised by siding"[2]
- H.J. Wheeler Residence, 620 N. Broadway St., a brick house with a shingled mansard roof and a recessed corner tower (building #33, photo #34)[2][note 1]
- F.A. Dunham Residence, 639 N. Broadway St., a two-story-plus-attic house with a tower. Its interior was remodeled in 1925 to Stick/Shingle fashion.[2]
- Randall Wilcox Residence, 707 N. Broadway St., with two-story central flanked by one-story wings. It has Greek Revival-style entablatures.[2]
- E.E. Bolles Residence, 721 N. Broadway St., built as a large Queen Anne house, but its picturesque massing was reduced by early 20th-century renovations. It has a historic one-story carriage house at the rear.[2]
- A.G. Wells Residence, 807 N. Broadway St., a large two-and-a-half-story "English eclectic manor of stone, with stucco and wood trim"[2]
- John P. Dousman Residence, 813 N. Broadway St., a late Queen Anne cottage[2]
- John S. Gittens Residence, 823 N. Broadway St., built as a two-and-a-half-story gambrel roof Colonial Revival, it received a gable-front compatible addition[2]
- E.P. Smith Residence, 903 N. Broadway St., a red brick house with original interior woodwork and Adamsesque fireplace (building #23, photo #21)[2]
- Capt. Joseph G. Lawton Residence, 935 N. Broadway St., a stone Italianate house whose appearance was accomplished in 1914 and 1920 remodelings. An earlier 1858 stone house, of Captain Joseph Lawton, appears not to have survived within.[2]
- Gustave H. Fleck Residence, 432 N. Wisconsin St., with elements of Queen Anne and Colonial Revival style[2]
- F.E. White Residence, 421 Cass St., a two-story frame Greek Revival house with a veranda having square columns topped by square Doric capitals.[2]
- Jacob Falk Residence, 321 N. Wisconsin St., a Queen Anne cottage with a corner tower and a veranda.[2]
See also edit
- Otto and Hilda Gretzinger House, at 922 N. Broadway, across from several houses in this district, was separately listed on the National Register in 2011.[4]
Notes edit
- ^ This might be deemed to be Second Empire in style.
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Diane Filipowicz (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Broadway Street Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved April 4, 2018. With 54 photos from 1982.
- ^ "North Broadway Historic District". City of De Pere. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "922 North Broadway". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 4, 2018.