https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/home daily 1.0 2025-02-27 https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/about daily 0.75 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616378168885-41HUIV7GSPUHGH6NNNCE/About+Us+2.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616377499974-T0J24HB6R2SFB9XQCEM2/About+Us.jpg About https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/types daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616378627548-2M1XLM2IOSXCAOX0VTHM/Types.jpg Landmark Types https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616378656064-LAKIPVHJMKTLTLMNHZBT/Types+2.jpg Landmark Types https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616378690083-WESQURFR8H8ZVHFBH47G/Types+3.jpg Landmark Types https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/district-maps daily 0.75 2024-09-03 https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/local-history daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616382371821-G2M12F8JX8QMMWGHKAWA/Local+History.jpg Local History https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/designation daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/certificate-of-appropriateness daily 0.75 2024-08-20 https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/local-landmarks daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/5253091e-70f5-46ec-83b4-d2bd5ac21c06/126ewashmap.jpg Local Landmarks 1. The Gertrud and Jens J. Naeset House, 126. E. Washington Street, was built in 1878. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and it is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/9d399b0b-e9b5-40c3-a8d5-1ef67635aa89/327ewashmap.jpg Local Landmarks 2. The Iverson Johnson House, 327 E. Washington Street, was built in 1898. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and it is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/78ca1b98-3716-4b33-bf53-a57e01791be3/highschoolmap.jpg Local Landmarks 3. The 1892 High School, 211 N. Forrest Street, was built in 1892. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and it is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/95879040-1a29-4bc5-bdc2-36aa29aa2b59/201Sfranmap.jpg Local Landmarks 4. The Lewis Rinde House, 201 S. Franklin Street, was built in 1903. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the East Side Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/d12537d5-bc83-4be1-836b-21911dbe1c59/404sfifthmap.jpg Local Landmarks 5. The Ole K. Roe House, 404 S. Fifth Street, was built in 1892. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places, and it is also a Locally Designated Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/947e4734-9d90-4b23-84ac-8c7489f3f59b/324spagemap.jpg Local Landmarks 6. The Stoughton Universalist Church, 324 S. Page Street, was built in 1858. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Southwest Side Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/e2f70a13-a29f-45af-b563-9654fd4998a9/401wsouthmap.jpg Local Landmarks 7. The Sarah & August E. Ovren House, 401 W. South Street, was built in 1884. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Southwest Side Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/9cebed03-a21a-4e90-9116-097c8cdc22a0/West-Schoolmap.jpg Local Landmarks 8. West School, 404 Garfield Street, was built in 1886. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Southwest Side Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/079ddd4c-799c-4413-af60-0bb31188afa8/fourthstbridgemap.jpg Local Landmarks 9. Stoughton City Power Plant #1, Fourth Street Bridge, was built in 1911. It is a Locally Designated Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/b7a2924d-e29b-40d4-9422-b9cf7316dc9c/1009summitmap.jpg Local Landmarks 10. South School, 1009 Summit Avenue, was built in 1900. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/835c87a3-c31d-4d9f-94cb-ae2cef63d9b4/librarymap.jpg Local Landmarks 11. Carnegie Public Library, 304 S. Fourth Street, was built in 1907. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/678c2f62-a836-401b-9659-bb2fb5e14166/cityhallmap.jpg Local Landmarks 12. Stoughton City Hall and Opera House, 381 E. Main Street, was built in 1900. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/15307941-85e5-4aaf-8e2e-68114f540ed0/100EMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 13. The Scheldrup Block, 100/110 E. Main Street, was built in 1897. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/0f7faf99-1bac-4737-a274-299e47fd0cf8/111emainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 14. The Hausmann Block, 111 E. Main Street, was built in 1903. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/8baefd53-df97-44b3-8b8f-e2a8c3c849f3/120-30emmap.jpg Local Landmarks 15. The Brickson Block, 120/130 E. Main Street, was built in 1884. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/87504f6f-7362-4d96-a75a-d28db8466ff6/134EMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 16. The Boyce Block, 134 E. Main Street, was built in 1905. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/80b0e684-2542-4254-ba68-817faf4a3fcd/160EMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 17. The Masonic Hall, 160 E. Main Street, was built in 1869. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/3cd368c2-7111-4289-a782-e11326a0f395/172EMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 18. The Frank Allen Building, 172 E. Main Street, was built ca. 1859. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/8d89fdce-82bb-4ce5-bd73-bf1c4823bbb4/183EMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 19. The G. Chrestoffer Building, 183 E. Main Street, was built in 1889. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/daafc8f1-5115-4873-a145-0e00240da828/195EMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 20. The J. Hausmann Building, 195 E. Main Street, was built in 1889. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/48cd80c1-5e39-4e74-a08c-581ac6d29480/badgertmap.jpg Local Landmarks 21. The Badger Theatre, 255 E. Main Street, was built in 1921. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/fe07a47c-7bcf-4a4c-b344-06038442710e/515emainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 22. The Turner, Dearborn & Atkinson Tobacco Warehouse, 515 E. Main Street, was built in 1885. It is a Locally Designated Landmark. While it is not listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it has been determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register as part of the Depot Hill Historic District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/346b1159-0317-4418-9807-2eb8ff9ed1b9/Depotmap.jpg Local Landmarks 23. The Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul & Pacific Depot, 532 E. Main Street, was built in 1913. It is a Locally Designated Landmark. While it is not listed in the National Register of Historic Places, it has been determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register as part of the Depot Hill Historic District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/2c433771-e86a-4d26-b3be-4060c5b68283/201WMainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 24. The Hyland-Olson Block, 201 W. Main Street, was built in 1897. It is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Main Street Historic District. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/70ac4b18-1234-440f-bad4-969385c14190/188-W.Mainmap.jpg Local Landmarks 25. The Erickson Block, 188 W. Main Street, was built in 1905. It is listed in the State Register of Historic Places. Listing in the National Register of Historic Places is pending. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/9d0cff20-1294-49f3-9061-aafd8825ee59/101s5thmap.jpg Local Landmarks 26. The Brown-Sewell House, 101 S. Fifth Street, was built in 1859. It is listed in the both the State and National Registers of Historic Places. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/bb8117f8-edfe-4e72-9091-7991c19a0a62/111s5thmap.jpg Local Landmarks 27. Jens and Ingeborg Cold House, 111 S. Fifth Street, was built in 1858. It is listed in the both the State and National Registers of Historic Places. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/9b952ba4-bb77-42ff-90d8-672f6ea9e58b/28.jpg Local Landmarks 28. Jennie B. and John A. Martin House, 620 S. Prairie Street, built in 1903, Martin was born in Vergennes, Vermont on 10/27/1833. He settled on Wheeler Prairie in 1856. On 8/15/1862 he enlisted in Madison and served during the Civil War with Company A of the 23rd Wisconsin Volunteers. On 4/14/1863, he was sick in the hospital at Milliken Bend, Louisiana. He was transferred to the Invalid Corps. After the war he was a farmer before retiring to this house. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Kegonsa Lodge #73, and the Old Settlers Club of Wheeler Prairie. He died on 9/17/1904 after suffering from senile dementia for two years. He's buried at Riverside Cemetery in Stoughton. His widow, Jennie, was born in April, 1846, and they had at least two sons and a daughter. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/5a8124a1-24bc-4880-b640-53c9482f9e8f/29.jpg Local Landmarks 29. Luke Stoughton House, 515 (315) N. Division Street, is believed to be constructed sometime between 1887 and 1892. The current front porch probably also dates to the late nineteenth century. The porch on the south side of the building is believed not to be historic. This house was originally constructed in the mid-nineteenth century and was located near the northeast corner of Division and Main streets. Luke and Eliza Stoughton owned this property from the mid-nineteenth century until Luke's death in 1874. They lived in this house until their house at 516 S. Page St. was completed in 1856. The original house was sold by his daughter, Luella, in 1875 to Ole Olsen Ausse and moved to the northwest corner of Forrest and Jefferson streets. Faced with demolition in 1974 by commercial expansion, the home was acquired by members of the Luke Stoughton Society and moved to its present location on N. Division St. Although the building has been moved several times, it is still historically important for its association with Luke Stoughton. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/d94cc2b2-fa1a-4178-a0b1-e31be266b897/30.jpg Local Landmarks 30. Hans Peterson Building, 154 (148) E. Main Street, built in 1865, the building provides an example of the physical surroundings in which past generations lived and worked. The frequency of Italianate commercial design, popular in Wisconsin from 1850-1900, is an indication of the extent of growth and settlement in the state during this period. It is also a Locally Designated Landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/93a8bf7c-028a-4e90-ad3b-2aabd2902b79/31.jpg Local Landmarks 31. Era H. and Harriet Grout House, 118 N. Page Street, the queen anne style structure is believed to been built in 1886 and is representative of the work of master builder, A. E. Orven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/e9345a3c-fc32-456b-a18a-9d611b7a3772/32.jpg Local Landmarks 32. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot, 529 E. Main Street, constructed in 1885, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Depot is significant in the City of Stoughton for its association with the history of transportation. In the mid- to- late- nineteenth century, railroad service was arguably the most significant development that might influence the future of that community. If the railroad passed a community by, the chances of that town or village prospering were substantially dimmed; but if the railroad passed through a community, the prospects for future growth, development and wealth were practically guaranteed. https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/residential daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617153459810-8PAQBYBJAZA6N5LV0CON/RGuidelines+1.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617154036513-Z9B0YYL6P7DGO21M3EEL/RGuidelines+5.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617158612136-3WWYGCEKRHEMH6XKS9MF/roof2.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617159684035-2ZGEOUMHFJQ2KECMZ79L/additions3.gif Residential At center, an example of new design compatible with an existing street scape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617156869840-VMJCSR339V55O6IDXOS3/trim5.gif Residential - Save any trim that must be removed and use it as a guide in duplication. Where trim details cannot be matched exactly, they can be approximated in size and bulk. Many catalogs are available for ordering replacement trim https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617153772094-IDR12Y5A9B94L29ZGKSB/RGuidelines+3.jpg Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617158681610-5Y8D9SXYI740EWLTZO86/roof3.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617155665215-ZF6ZGGRWZWCW7COWFRYY/doors1.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617155753298-BF2E96VQ1VHG0GF5QGMP/doors2.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617157341047-NDLBG8ZEF4FQUB1S7E54/porches1.gif Residential - Avoid removing or enclosing porches, especially those which face the public street. Retain and repair original posts, rails, and trim, including lattice apron, wherever possible. Where replication is necessary, new elements should match the historic as closely as possible . Rebuild steps with materials appropriate to the façade, matching the historic precedent as closely as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617154961733-UO0JUW5HVCQRH4X42I8T/windows+3.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617159011843-X2F5B7QV4XHM96UAVBAO/additions1.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617158025297-JYM977Q23NWMKXKMVPGK/porches4.gif Residential Avoid enclosing porches, especially at the front. Good answers to questions about porch conservation can be found in Preserving Porches, by Renee Kahn and Ellen Meager. (New York: Henry Holt and Co. 1990). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617156760806-FLMXXOGFAPZ4X5YKAPGI/trim3.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617158484563-3QECHAXQTACQX24P72DR/roof1.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617158743217-5O83CZCFU3AZOPY7PEQY/roof4.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617153939615-ASAED6NV208XAW06XFGU/RGuidelines+4.gif Residential The historic appearance of a building can be greatly altered by the removal of original architectural trim, replacement of siding with new materials that are too wide, and alterations to windows and entries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617158006828-R0J1L1HHSVYZYNL5ZLOQ/porches3.gif Residential Replacement porch posts, columns, and rails should match the originals as closely as possible. Wrought iron posts and rails should be avoided except where they were part of the historic design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617155859360-8X10PQO3RRD3BUFDACFK/doors4.gif Residential - Modern Door Styles Modern Door Styles Avoid modern styles such as those shown here, as well as “historic” doors intended for new houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617154586707-L1JFBOZCJCVA1TJIE8I7/windows1.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617153743687-UTGP21549X3S9T40NDPS/RGuidelines+2.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617154992486-YFDDLTQAI4JQMHQVKIH1/windows+5.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617154639056-ILP3007IXC6WK6S31NUQ/Windows2.gif Residential Mid-19th century - Italianate - Queen Anne - Arts and Crafts Early 20th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617155936436-RNBREEIHEKI45L99ANQN/doors5.gif Residential - Transoms and Sidelights Glazing above and along the sides of the entry adds character and should not be covered over or removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617156431851-A3H4O0A4SCI1UGKTZ84G/trim1.gif Residential https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617156815512-QMFB7BXFUV9ZB3W3AB1P/trim4.gif Residential - Dentils are often found along the cornice of porches and roofs. They are small blocks of wood placed in regularly spaced rows like teeth. In this illustration, the dentil course is flanked by rows of decorative molding. https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/home-1 daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616643791735-IA23EBZGM7SLI6G10A5X/201WMainmap.jpg Home Downtown Design Guidelines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1616643850431-VX31C6A27PC5NIEIPK1N/111s5thmap.jpg Home Residential Design Guidelines https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/east-side daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618367827810-A1AD4VJ4BXN3TEPLV4ME/1109park.jpg East Side Tour 1109 Park St. Christian and Mattie Hanson 1905 Like the Skau House at 117 S. Academy St., this building has a steep gable roof and an L-shaped plan. These features are typical of the simple houses called “gabled ells. This house was built almost twenty years later than the Skau House, showing the persistence of this popular building type. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364001264-IRCBOVZHQ0SFH19XFZ1G/225NAcad.jpg East Side Tour 225 N. Academy St. Halver and Bergit Christenson 1905 The peaked lintels at the windows of the Christenson House appear to be original features. Although tax and building records suggest a 1905 date, the house resembles others (like 117 S. Academy) of an earlier date. The Christensons were natives of Norway. Halver came to the U.S. in 1885 as a child. He became a Stoughton jeweler. In 1910 Halver and Birgit Christenson shared this house with their 2-year-old son, Christen; a 15-year old servant girl, and another Norwegian-born couple who were boarders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364680664-5E5R88THBK2DW56YGQJY/224fran.jpg East Side Tour 224 N. Franklin St. Ole and Josephine Simonson 1906 The Simonson's Queen Anne house, like many of its neighbors in the district, has a steeply-pitched hipped roof with projecting gables. One unique feature is the three-story round tower at the northeast corner; it is topped with an onion-domed roof and clad in decorative wood shingles. There is also a small oriel window with a hipped roof on the south side of the house. Ole Simonson was a carpenter. Born in Norway, he arrived in the United States in 1886. Josephine was a native of Wisconsin. The Simonson family lived here until the 1920s. This was originally a single-family house, and was later a duplex. Current owners Patti and Chuck Cross have lived here since 1986 and have restored it to single-family use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364408891-QA3FCSWQH16PJV4T9X0O/201eschool.jpg East Side Tour 201 S. Academy St. East Side Public School 1892 The East Side Public School was built to serve the growing east side population. The mansard-roofed, cream brick exterior is crowned by a four-story square tower rising above the west elevation. The tower has a straight mansard roof; the round-arched openings surrounded the school bell. William Gould, a local contractor, erected the building. An addition was made in 1908. The school remained in use until 1981, and was then converted to rental units known as the "East School Apartments." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366538847-25KPDA16HMFQ2I30AYWP/detail1.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365006464-E4SLJMF40EB3K6KDD8TB/1101giles.jpg East Side Tour 1101 Giles St. Austin and Tilla Holtan 1901 Most of the houses along the three blocks of Giles Street within the district were built between 1901 and 1913; the Holtan House was among the first. The spacious building on a corner lot has many fine details on its late Queen Anne exterior. The broad end-gable is filled with narrow half timbering. There are wide bargeboards at the gable ends and at the third-story dormers. A wrap-around porch has columns with Doric capitols. Austin Holtan was a tobacco dealer. John Holtan, Austin's brother, resided at 1004 E. Main. Ole Holtan, another brother, resided at 1016 E. Main St. Ole was also a tobacco dealer and he and his wife Sophia Holtan had five children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618367462206-D2XRP3951Y5ISHYQZUPS/225smor.jpg East Side Tour 225 S. Morris St. A.M. Peterson 1907 The Peterson House has much in common with other large Queen Anne Style houses in the district, but its projecting corner bay sets it apart from some. The building rests on a rusticated concrete foundation; by 1907, many builders were using this type of concrete block for foundations instead of limestone. Some was locally manufactured by the Mandt Powell Concrete Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364973377-7V9TL0SI4O10ATC0ASP4/201Sfran.jpg East Side Tour 201 S. Franklin St. Lewis Rinde 1904 The Rinde House has been called "the most elaborate and well-preserved of the Queen Anne Style houses in the East Side Historic District. The 1906 City Directory showed Lewis Rinde as a real estate broker. Complex gables and bays, patterned shingles, a classically-decorated tin frieze, and ten original stained glass windows are of note. An upper and lower front porch and a side porch all have Doric columns. The Rinde property once included the lot at 1021 Park Street, where the Rinde carriage house stood. Later owners of the property were Mrs. Inger Quale (1911-1920) and Carl Berg (ca. 1920-1950). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365633371-ZFV91QVAWXRNA69ZZ5KV/916EMain.jpg East Side Tour 916 E. Main St. Halvor and Tilla Lee 1917 One of the district's best examples of an Arts and Crafts bungalow, this house has a shed roof with knee braces under the eaves, splayed posts at the porch, and multi-paned sash. Such well-detailed bungalows were popular in Stoughton in the teens and early twenties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366815196-U3FS9GMP9W9WPTIVLCWV/1108EMai.jpg East Side Tour 1108 E. Main St. Mons Olson 1906 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364094581-E78KT491MQ83YOQ5M452/125sacad.jpg East Side Tour 125 S. Academy St. Osev and Tone Overland 1905 This Queen Anne Style building, like the Holtan-Rue House at 117 S. Franklin, has a steeply-pitched hipped roof, projecting gables, and narrow siding. This was a very popular style on the East Side after the turn of the century. Three generations of Overlands lived in this house. Osev was a carpenter. His son Oscar was in the local gasoline business for fifty years, and operated the Mobil station at W. Main and Page streets. Ed, another son, operated a Mobil station at E. Main and Academy streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365314075-YZWULTXOFIOFCRDR2ET0/1109gile.jpg East Side Tour 1109 Giles St. Benjamin and Anna Jenson 1905 The Jenson House is another variation of the Queen Anne style popular in Stoughton after 1900. The combination of projecting bays and gables, open porches, and turned and scroll-sawn trim could be arranged in many combinations to suit the builder. In 1910, Benjamin and Anna Jenson resided here with their four children. Benjamin was a trimmer at a local shoe factory. The Joseph and Anna Malecka family were boarders in the house and natives of Poland. Joseph Malecka was also a shoemaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366559008-AXB7U9BIKIM2NUZ3G3JS/holtanchildren.gif East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618367121435-X91Z3068Y7YTBKSIPO37/1124_E300.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671764889-ORNKC5PNOXPJTNHD8O1L/WAGON.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364942363-G7Y9VOSR61YN65VOYAAQ/117sfran.jpg East Side Tour 117 S. Franklin St. Holtan-Rue 1906 This late Queen Anne Style house has a full porch that wraps around the front bay. Round columns and a spool-and-spindle balustrade complete the design. George Holtan, his wife Susan, and their three children were the original residents of this house. George, a tobacco dealer, was a brother of John H. Holtan, manager of the Stoughton branch of the American Cigar Company (see 1004 E. Main St.). Later owners, John and Katie Rue, were retired farmers. They resided here until the 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671937734-HMCXYUSWPKVQ7LTNW5WM/Hospitalbw.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671647969-M9VIV5F79TREWZ1M32GJ/east+4.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618367428426-H021YLX6RY3WDILGKT5V/124smor.jpg East Side Tour 124 S. Morris St. Ole Amble 1904 This house has simple details and good proportions representative of the Classical Revival Style. The square posts, simple porch balustrades, and the prominent pedimented gable are notable features. Ole Amble was a native of Norway and worked as a laborer for the City of Stoughton. (His last name was sometimes spelled Amle.) In 1920 he lived here with his daughter, Clara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366097476-GVFLGBKQLE60NRKVN1VU/SeverSeverson.jpg East Side Tour - Sever H. Severson was a native of Norway and was raised on a Dunkirk Township farm. His career included work in a Stoughton dry goods store, gold mining in Colorado in the early 1860s, and a partnership in Severson and Bronson’s Planing Mill. He entered this business in 1867, and was subsequently involved in a number of other enterprises including real estate, groceries and tobacco. Sever and Gurina Severson had four children including Abraham and Hattie. Hattie was the wife of John Holtan (1004 E. Main St.). After Gurina’s death, Sever married Carrie Peterson; they lived on the Severson farm east of the city. Severson’s planing mill was the exclusive Wisconsin manufacturer of Fawcett’s Patent blinds. In 1880 the firm made about 8,000 pairs of blinds and employed 12 men. Sever H. Severson was a native of Norway and was raised on a Dunkirk Township farm. His career included work in a Stoughton dry goods store, gold mining in Colorado in the early 1860s, and a partnership in Severson and Bronson’s Planing Mill. He entered this business in 1867, and was subsequently involved in a number of other enterprises including real estate, groceries and tobacco. Sever and Gurina Severson had four children including Abraham and Hattie. Hattie was the wife of John Holtan (1004 E. Main St.). After Gurina’s death, Sever married Carrie Peterson; they lived on the Severson farm east of the city. Severson’s planing mill was the exclusive Wisconsin manufacturer of Fawcett’s Patent blinds. In 1880 the firm made about 8,000 pairs of blinds and employed 12 men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365662142-XSSRSLGL4JLGJOEVT2OC/921emain.jpg East Side Tour 921 E. Main St. Abraham L. Severson 1887 The original roofline of the Severson House was lost in a fire many years ago, along with a mansard-roofed tower on the west side. (See first page.) The now-restored building retains many other original details, including a bracketed cornice and elaborate window enframements. According to local tradition, this house was a wedding gift from Sever H. Severson (1840-1897) to his son Abraham Lincoln Severson and his wife Emma. Abraham, a real estate dealer, and Emma Asbjornson had two children, Gladys and Ingebor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366842448-811W3DEVH46N4XYOG96V/1124bema.jpg East Side Tour 1124 E. Main St. Henry and Mary Severson 1903 Attributed to Frank H. Kemp, architect https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671687335-GWYJ4OG1SGARKZIP3XRL/east+5.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366261611-JIH0SS40IN5CNLEYDCCJ/1001emainkids300.jpg East Side Tour 1001 E. Main St. (background). Photo ca. 1910, taken from the front yard of the John and Hattie Holtan House at 1004 E. Main St. Photo courtesy of Gurina Linnerud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671475121-3UD0HGYE0H12ZXGVOAGS/east+1.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364064705-OTU7COPCJV84VRNSO62N/117sacad.jpg East Side Tour 117 S. Academy St. Lars and Augusta Skau 1888 The Skau House has a steep gable roof, an L-shaped plan and windows trimmed with ornate lintels. These are characteristics of Stoughton's simple houses called "gabled ells." The Skaus were natives of Norway and both arrived in the U.S. in 1883. Lars was a wagon shop foreman. In about 1899 the family moved to 209 Franklin Street. Lars and Augusta's son Alfred, a wagon shop machinist, also lived at 209. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366516248-GE314J2L4UEWO75OQY7O/1004emai.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618367847447-UG24XJVIXXECUXUSUQ2U/120nhenr.jpg East Side Tour 120 N. Henry St. Evan K. and Anna Midtbon 1909-10 The 1997 National Register nomination study for the East Side Historic District noted that this handsome Queen Anne house also had elements of the Colonial Revival and American Foursquare styles. The wide overhanging eaves of the main roof and dormers are of note, as are the full length front porch and columned side porch. The Midtbons owned this house until the 1940s and their daughter Selida was the next owner. Selida, who worked at the First National Bank for many years, lived here until 1981, when the house was sold to Fred and Lorraine Ingersoll, the present owners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671984515-9O7YUAD8ETGXHTTCP0OW/ACADEMYad.jpg East Side Tour Stoughton Academy, from the school catalogue of 1891 - 92. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365342816-19BTU3LWBP1P5RMAKSSB/1116Bgil.jpg East Side Tour 1116 Giles St. Orrin and Iva Alderman 1909 Like a number of houses in the district, the Alderman House has a distinctive central balcony at the second story. This one is sheltered by a gable with flared bargeboards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366791738-J5UROGYK2ELRPFPGHAEZ/1100emai-copy.jpg East Side Tour 1100 E. Main St. Louis and Helen Jorgenson 1905 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365586866-L10Z1P9CVW15503MLRYI/Christ-Church.jpg East Side Tour 848 E. Main St. Christ Lutheran Church 1914 (razed) This late Gothic Revival building was erected over the earlier frame church of 1875. The brown brick and stone structure rested on a concrete foundation. (Photo courtesy of Alaine Johnson.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618367318793-CKYK9ZF86YMJT0IWOPBZ/116smor.jpg East Side Tour 116 S. Morris St. Ole and Ellen Uglum 1903 The Uglum House is another good example of one variety of the Queen Anne Style popular with Stoughton builders. It has a steep hipped roof and a porch which partially wraps around the front bay. The porch roof is supported by square posts and slender brackets, and is trimmed with a spool-and-spindle balustrade. Ole was born in Norway and arrived in the United States in 1884. He was a wagon maker. Ellen was born in Wisconsin. The household in 1920 included two teen-aged sons and an elderly lodger, Amund Hanson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671533543-VBFBBKPZZRT6JCJIYVE9/east+2.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671597031-UW383NT1EHCB69SEUUMM/east+3.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618364633987-DXNMK8PSTE9I2XCOJDGG/125nfran.jpg East Side Tour 125 N. Franklin St. Lena Alme 1895 The design of this American Foursquare Style house relies on simple massing and classical trim including cornice moldings for its solid appearance. There is a flared hipped roof and flared dormers, broad overhanging eaves, and a porch carried by four columns. According to Chris Erickson, the current owner, this house was extensively remodeled in the early twentieth century, from an L-shaped house into its present form. The Osgam family resided here for much of the twentieth century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617671785273-YIL0NRF516YDIWLYI4C4/CIGAR-AD.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1617672048767-53O1RZ0SQOB93WRD3WN0/924sridge300.jpg East Side Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618365368710-LMJE6253TP1YKYXWU7GW/1124gile.jpg East Side Tour 1124 Giles St. Thomas and Susan Asleson 1906-07 Sited on a prominent corner lot, the Asleson House has a large rounded corner bay clad in shingles and narrow clapboards. The graceful front porch has Doric columns, a feature of many porches in the district. A view of the south side of Giles Street from N. Henry Street, 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618366205896-C52SRN7VI3NY9X5PYGB7/1001EMai.jpg East Side Tour 1001 E. Main St. Edwin H. Bjoin 1885 Edwin H. Bjoin owned this house between about 1885 and 1902. Susan Leverson was the next owner. It is one of the earliest houses in the district, and one of few Italianate examples. The hipped roof with a deck, delicate single and paired brackets, and windows decorated with carved, pedimented lintels are among its distinctive features. https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/northwest daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621810515857-RJ8TYJ1RW84LHTVHBWHD/N-Page-134.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 134 North Page St. George and Ann Parish 1882 An ornate Italianate bay embellishes the south side of this vernacular house. It was among the first houses constructed on North Page Street. George Parish (1821-1895) was born in Oxfordshire, England. He arrived in Stoughton in 1851 and farmed by nearby for nearly thirty years. He built two other houses in the area, at 110 N. Prairie St. (1885) and 135 N. Prairie (1891). George and Ann Parish had seven children. After George’s death, the extended family of Eunicy Tipple, her daughter, Linnea Carr, and grandchildren were the next long-term residents of the house. George Parish’s residence in the First Ward is nearing completed, as fine a residence as there is in the city. Stoughton Courier Hub, June 14, 1882 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808489505-S3J8ZIWD6BPY9XN2JVCJ/N-Madison-224.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 224 North Madison St. Sever P. and Mary Egtvedt 1902 Graced with a faceted corner tower and a classical porch, the Egtvedt house shows the influence of classical styles on the Queen Anne. Sever was born in Norway in Voss, 1839 and arrived in the U.S. in 1844 with his parents. The first settled at Koshkonong. Mary Egtvedt was born in Wisconsin about 1855 to Norwegian parents. The Egtvedts had seven children. In 1911 they moved to Ballard, Washington, were three of their children were living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621804160075-PHV5J7ANM9JM1SNZ73XK/p.1-Map.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621810651310-K1LKH8EGZ2R36WA11RLV/S-Prairie-131.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 131 South Prairie St. Erick A. and Emma Lewis 1906 Erick (or Eric) and Emma Lewis farmed in the area before building this house on the steep slope of S. Prairie Street. Erick (1863-1942) later worked as a mechanic. Both were natives of Wisconsin, or Norwegian parentage. In 1910, their household included three Lewis children and a boarder, Joseph Hollenbeck. Olaf and Lena Skaalen purchased the house in the 1920s. Skaalen purchased the house in the 1920s. Skaalen was the Stoughton police chief. The building was converted to a two-flat by the family. From the 1940s through the late 1950s the house became the “Little Bit O’Norway” restaurant. The handsome porch that was originally wrapped around the building was among features restored by the present owners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808787477-25SQVJECXUCNMY79SNFV/W-Main-424.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 424 West Main St. Ernest Brewer 1922 The brick and stucco exterior of this Craftsman style house shows attention to natural finishes and simplicity. This characteristic is seen on many houses influenced by the American Arts and crafts movement. The low hipped roof is typical of the style. Ernest Brewer was a salesman, according to city directories. After about 1900, house construction along busy Main Street outside the downtown area was mixed in with a variety of other uses, including churches and businesses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621809320172-IUL8AH0ALPGILA42INVN/S-Page-113.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 113 South Page St. Dr. David D. and Eulissa Culham 1907 The spacious Culham House has a broad porch with classical columns, and an oversized half-round gable window. These and other Colonial Revival style features are seen on local houses built after 1900. Culham, a veterinary surgeon, and his wife were both Canadian. They came to the U.S. in the early 1890s. At the time this house was built, the household included the Culham’s four children: Muriel, Claire, Ivan, and Vida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621806984639-Y827TJAJ01UVZGXOK3M2/Hamilton-516.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 516 Hamilton St Ole S. and Bessie Torgerson 1888 A crested, bellcast tower adorns the mansard roof of the Torgerson House, Stoughton’s best example of the Second Empire style (and one of very few in the city). The twin Queen Anne style porches are a later addition and show the layering of another and even more popular style. At one time this house had six porches and is said to have had the first electric service in Stoughton. Ole Torgerson (1856-1936) was born in Wisconsin to Norwegian parents. He was the Stoughton Postmaster, and one of the first in the city to own an automobile, which was housed in a garage at the rear. After the Torgerson’s occupancy, the house passed briefly out of the family but in 1919 it was purchased by their daughter Maude Torgerson Olson and her husband Henry. It remained in their family until 1965. “Choir practices for the Methodist Church used to be held in the spacious parlors in the front of the house.” Judy Leonard, present owner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808385432-YHLUSD58NMT1PT40G1QY/N-Madison-216.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 216 North Madison St. Dr. B. Atwood 1892 With its complex massing, clipped gable roofs, and variety of wooden trim, this compact house is an excellent example of a popular version of the Queen Anne style. Such designs were usually derived from one of the many pattern books of the period. Atwood is not listed in the 1906 directory or 1900 census. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621809021963-338HZTE14PNP8GNKN1IV/N-Monroe-225.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 225 North Monroe St. John C. and Bertina Sampson 1904 With its wrap-around, Ionic-columned porch overlooking the Monroe Street hill, the Sampson House exemplifies a popular version of the Queen Anne Style built throughout the city at the turn of the century. The hipped-roof carriage barn at the rear is also of note. The Sampsons were natives of Norway. Both arrived in the United States while in their twenties. John was the manager of a Stoughton hardware store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621812374521-IAQYDWVZ52WO0UKH6RSC/P19-bottom.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 1906 Stoughton City Director. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621811169283-H3GJC5AJOX0WTL2VCN9I/Prospect-102.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 102 West Prospect St. O.M. and Sarah Ellen Turner 1890 The Turner House is the only brick Queen Anne Style house in the district. Built of cream brick imported from the Milwaukee area, it has a fine spindlework porch. The first flush toilet in Stoughton was reportedly installed in this house. Sarah Ellen was a daughter of Luke Stoughton and O.M. was the president of Stoughton State Bank. Previously he worked for the railroad, and had interests in lumber and tobacco. The Turners subdivided a large tract of land here called Sarah E. Turner’s Addition. The Turners had five children. In 1893 the house was sold to Christ Olson. About 1903 Our Savior’s Lutheran Church purchased it for use as a parsonage and between 1915 and 1955 it housed a number of pastors and their families. It is now a single-family home. “The parsonage provided a special setting for many a Stoughton wedding.” Theresa Ganshert, present owner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621811773723-D46ZHU2K3P7XYHHC3OK0/Prospect-324.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 324 West Prospect St. Angus Owen 1896 As seen in the photo above, this house originally had a steep hipped roof, a picturesque corner tower (hidden by the tree), and several parapets which rose above the roofline. A fire destroyed the original roofline, and it was rebuilt with a low hipped roof. The boulder stone base and other original features remain from the original construction. Angus Owen, the apparent first owner, was difficult to trace in local records. He may have been the owner of the Stoughton milk condensery plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621807765841-0V2MMGMG0LB31G5HF999/Harrison-225.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 225 North Harrison St. Knute Jenson 1911 About seven years after completing the house at 208, Jenson built this one. It is a good example of the American Foursquare, a style characterized by a hipped roof, square proportions, slightly overhanging eaves, and simple exterior decoration. The well-detailed building has a handsome porch with square posts and a spacious porch. “As a contractor he has here been most successful, having erected anumber of fine buildings in the city and surrounding districts and having also remodeled the Stoughton Water Works. History of DaneCounty (1906) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621811565837-EOW00TCDUE1WVMYX06HL/Prospect-206.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 206 West Prospect St. Ole and Clara Terry 1905 The Terry House is Stoughton’s best remaining example of the Colonial Revival Style. With its monumental Corinthian portico and four columns supporting a balcony, it shows the impact of the 1893 Columbian World’s Fair (held in Chicago) on local architecture. The many white classical buildings at the fair were influential in turning taste from Victorian bric-a-brac to classical as well as Colonial Revival features. At least three houses were built in this impressive mode around 1905. In addition to the Terry House, the Johnson House on South page and the Henry Severson House on E. Main were illustrated in the Souvenir of StoughtonWis. and LakeKegonsa (1908). Terry, a native of Illinois, was the president of the Department Company Store in the Hyland Block on Main Street. He died in a train accident soon after the completion of this house. Clara Terry (born 1874) resided here with her two sons Owen and Grassie, her mother Ellen Rockefeller, and her sister, Helen Rockefeller. Helen was a Stoughton school teacher. The house was later converted to its current use; it is now the Olson, Holzhuter and Cress Funeral Home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621810386484-FV0L5NPVTZOE8UB9OQFM/p12top.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808057840-77EZFJJPPJ4U3EGE6CES/Jackson-616-_-624.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 616 and 624 Jackson St. Dahlby (616) and Flom (624) 1902, 1904 The Queen Anne Style Dahlby and Flom houses are typical of many of those built around 1900 throughout the area. Likely constructed by one of the Stoughton builders (such as Holmstad, Hill, or Jenson), the designs were usually derived from popular pattern books. A spindled front porch, irregular plan, and hip-and-gable roof were standard features. Although this house style was quite standard in the 1890s, a revolution was underway. Nearby, the Swan House at 105 W. Prospect (1911) and the Patterson House (1912) at 716 W. Patterson well demonstrate the new ideas. The Dahlbys and Floms were all natives of Norway. Ole, a tailor, and Anna Dahlby owned 616. Ole and Martha Flom were retired when the 1906 Stoughton directory was published. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621807355587-XQGIRW5HRQGICZFCMYM6/Hamilton-716.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 716 Hamilton St. Roy W. and Hazel Patterson 1912 Three types of siding arranged in distinct horizontal tiers graduating from wide weatherboards to smoothe stucco are notable Prairie-school inspired features of this house. The Northwest Side National Register nomination called it the best example of the Prairie Style in the district. Roy (sometimes written as Ray) Patterson was a son of George M. and Sarah Patterson (617 W. Hamilton Street). By 1915, Roy served as Assistant Cashier of the First National Bank. This house has been in the ownership of the present owner’s family for most of the twentieth century. Roy Patterson died a few years after the construction of the house. It was sold to another family, and then to Charles McCarthy, great uncle of the present owner. It has remained in the family since. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808354025-CA6KYQE8K25JZ1ZBW4TT/p-6-bottom.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Group portrait taken in front of the Dallmeyer House, ca. 1930. Photo courtesy Pat Murphy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621809992757-J4Z1CRL0Y5D3WAVS4R9L/N-Page-118.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 118 North Page St. Era H. and Harriet Grout Gerard 1886 E. H. Gerard was born in Canada in 1850. His lumber firm, Gerard & Farrington, moved to Stoughton from Grand Rapids, Michigan. When the house was under construction, the Stoughton Courier Hub followed its progress. At its completion, the newspaper noted that it was one of the “handsomest on the street.” Era and Harriet Grout were married in 1872 and adopted three children. Gerard was later the Vice President of Stoughton Light and Fuel. The property remained in the Gerard family for more than 75 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621807526840-S7N43JBU64GGH0XF1KDN/Harrison-208.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 208 North Harrison St. Knute and Johanna Kvam Jenson 1904 This was home to the Jensons and their ten children as well as Mrs. Jensen’s father. The Norwegian-born Jenson (1864-1941) arrived in the U.S. in 1884. In Stoughton, Knute (or Knut) was a carpenter and contractor and built many houses in the area. He also served as Fourth Ward alderman. At the time of his death the Jensons lived on North Division Street. The hip-and-gable roof, Ionic porch and arched loggia at the second story are motifs seen on a number of Queen Anne style houses in the district. The house was converted to a two-flat rental property in the 1920s, the first of a number of major alterations. In the 1990s it was converted back to a single-family house. The restoration of the long-enclosed porch was an important recent project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808652982-J8QANBV4O44M4GF3ICJ7/W-Main-600.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 600 West Main St. Naham Parker House ca. 1854-55 The Parker House is an excellent example of the Greek Revival style and is one of the city’s oldest remaining houses. Features such as corner pilasters, a deep classical cornice, and the side-lit entry are of particular note. This house was erected long before the residential area to the north and south had much development. It appears on the 1871 Bird’s Eye View of Stoughton. Naham Parker was born in Vermont; prior to his Stoughton residence he lived near Cooksville. Parker dies in 1880 at the age of 68. The house was later owned by his daughter, Francella Dearborn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621809524236-I9IBSU8J4YYL1HYILMKC/S-Page-131.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 131 South Page St. Allen-Falk House 1858/69/98 This cream brick house is associated with two prominent early owners, Frank Allen and later, Fred Falk. The brick is trimmed with limestone, the material used for the foundation. The hipped roof is finished with a balustrade at the deck and a pair of dormers. Brackets at the eaves and an Ionic-columned porch further enhance the design. Frank Allen served as one of the first officers of Stoughton when the village government was created in 1868. He was an attorney and the publisher of the Stoughton Reporter. A native of New York, he and Norwegian-born Anna Allen had four children: Flora, Lewis B., Minnie, and Ralph. It appears that the earliest house on the site was extensively rebuilt by later owners including Fred Falk, a druggist. Sophia and Fred Falk had one daughter, Karen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621812018343-W0LM1X63GDK8WE4K6NKN/S-Van-Buren-100.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 100 South Van Buren St. Edward and Gjertrud Erickson 1902 ”Nickel Palace” The Queen Anne Erickson House appears to announce the success of its first owner. It has a prominent arched porch or loggia at the second story, a feature seen on a number of Stoughton houses of this period. Also notable are the ionic veranda and a soaring bellcast gabled roof. The shells above the attic windows and a garland frieze on the porch are other interesting details. This house has long been known as the “Nickel Palace.” The story is that the house was built from the sale of the many nickel beers that Ed Erickson sold at his downtown tavern. Erickson was a native of Norway and came to Dane County in 1871. He began his career in Stoughton at the T. G. Mandt Wagon Works. Later he had a restaurant and tavern and sold real estate in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1906 he built the Erickson Block on the northeast corner of Main and Water Streets. (One contemporary writer called it “the finest business block in the city.”) This house was reportedly built for $8,000. Edward and Gjertrud Erickson had two daughters, Alma and Amy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621812226688-NR3EAZ6JTBNBBYF7ZEAV/inside-front-cover-map.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621810202639-742NMDLJU9DVJMNTS4VY/N-Page-124.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 124 North Page St. Andrew F. and Thea Olay Scheldrup 1882 The Scheldrup House is a good example of the Italianate style. With its rectangular plan, three-bay façade, and hipped roof, it is typical of houses built in Stoughton in the 1870s and 1880s. Andreq F. Scheldrup was born in Norway in 1846. He came to Stoughton in 1866. After working for local druggist C.J. Melaas, he began his own drugstore in 1879. He married Thea (Severena) Olay in 1872. Their sons Clarence and Sidney also became pharmacists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621812146914-I6YJO5364Q7L0ADXTY0W/S-Van-Buren-200.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 200 South Van Buren St. Concrete Block House 1915 This attractive building stands out in an area of wood and a few brick houses. It was built from concrete blocks likely manufactured in Stoughton. After about 1900, plans for rusticated concrete block buildings were sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. and other firms. In Stoughton, the Mandt Concrete Co. advertised their product in the 1906 city directory. This example, one of only a few in Stoughton, has a decorative frieze under the eaves, and Ionic columns at the front porch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621807937316-TVD80EXT9K8HHVBVSUB0/Jackson-504.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 504 Jackson St. William C. and Elizabeth Dallmeyer 1893 With its hipped roof and incised brackets at the eaves as well as a spindled porch, the Dallmeyer House shows elements of both the Italianate and Queen Anne styles. The present owners have restored the exterior to its historic appearance. William and Elizabeth Dallmeyer were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio. They were married in Madison in 1891 and came to Stoughton shortly thereafter. William was a tobacco dealer and hotel owner. Later owners converted the property to a two family house; it has again been restored to single-family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621811882914-A8JS8313ZXL0OB7PGG43/Prospect-340.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 340 West Prospect St. Henry A. and Minnie Huber 1908 The grounds of the Huber House once included a fruit orchard and extensive flower beds. The house originally had a one-story porch on the prospect Street side of the building. A native of Pennsylvania, Henry Huber (1869-1933) was a Stoughton attorney. His family moved to Dane County in 1879. He attended Albion Academy and taught school before receiving a law degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1896. Huber was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly in 1904 and in 1913 was elected to the Senate. In 1925 he was elected Lieutenant Governor. He was a supporter of Governor Robert M. LaFollette, who received national attention for not supporting the war against Germany. Huber is also associated with the Huber Law. This house was in the news in April 1942 when a fire caused damage to the front and interior. At that time it was owned by Mrs. Nettie Barasantee of Madison, a sister of Minnie Huber. It was later converted to a two-family house, and is now in the process of being restored to single-family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621806207043-N9VSZRQ05X52O62N5EY3/Hamilton-617.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out George M. and Sarah Patterson House, 617 W. Hamilton St. (1897/1902). The eye-catching Queen Anne exterior has twin spindlework proches with wheel fretwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621808864443-I5E5039LB7BLFKV2CISX/S-Monroe-125.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 125 South Monroe St. J. Hartley and Ella Criddle 1915 The brick Criddle House is a handsome example of the American Foursquare Style. This term includes the many simple, hip-roofed houses that were built in Stoughton about 1910-1920, as well as more elaborately detailed houses such as this one. Hers, two shades of brick, a spacious porch, and prominent overhanging eaves enhance the exterior. Criddle, a florist, operated a greenhouse on the site that is now Criddle Park. The household included Perley, the Criddle’s son. Later, the house was used as a funeral home. It is now a private residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621804039726-4KFA2B4L9MF85P87OVD3/N-Page-118.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Era H. and Harriet Gerard House, 118 N. Page Street. Photograph ca. 1900. Gerard was a lumber dealer during Stoughton’s Golden Age when many houses were built on the Northwest side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621805957351-ADIQB3SVTIHEEKOMU2ZN/p-2-bottom.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621809665803-IOVHH2184UXASLXSGAVN/S-Page-116.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 116 South Page St. Janes M. and Emma Clancey ca. 1885 Built originally as an Italianate style house, 116 S. Page was updated with a Queen Anne style porch and additions in 1893. With its hipped roof, bracketed eaves, and arched windows, it is one of the best remaining examples of the Italianate style in the district. Like the Scheldrup House, it illustrates the late date at which the style was still locally popular. Emma Hill Clancey was the sister of carpenter-contractor Fred Hill, who lived on the same block. James Clancey was a native of Cottage Grove and a prominent Democrat. He became a Stoughton attorney in private practice and also Wisconsin assistant attorney general. President of First National Bank, he also served three terms as Stoughton’s mayor. In later years, the Clancey House was converted to a two-family house and has been since returned to its original single- family use. Restoration has highlighted its fine features such as stained glass, ornate chimneys, and elaborate millwork trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621810921905-5SEJICJ1MPDQVZEVUACT/N-Prairie-216.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 216 North Prairie St. James Hart 1902 The Hart House retains the original surfaces of its Queen Anne Style exterior, and also has a carriage barn at rear. Such carriage barns were a standard feature of many turn-of-the-century Stoughton homes. The house has hip-and-gable roofs, slender columns at the porch, and shingle-covered gable ends. It demonstrates local builder’s interest in the decorative possibilities of wood. An example of a different scale of building stands at the top of the Prairie Street hill. 232 N. Prairie (1886) is a picturesque gingerbread cottage with many of its original details still intact. It was originally owned by Julius Fix. In 1883, the city directory listed Fix as a cigar maker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621811434543-YERSUU6YVXZQPTFSGLB8/Prospect-105.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 105 West Prospect St. Henry R. Swan 1911 James R. Law, architect At the time of its construction this house was likely quite talked about. The PrairieSchool influence is evident in the smooth stucco exterior, low overhanging eaves, and flared base. Henry R. Swan was a Stoughton mail carrier. James Law (1885-1952) was a well-known Madison architect noted for his progressive turn-of-the-century designs. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Law first worked for the Madison firm of Claude and Starck and Arthur Peabody. He opened his own office in 1914 and was later joined by his brother Edward J. Law and Ellis C. Porter. The firm completed many commissions in Madison and across the state, spanning diverse styles and building types. Notable Madison commissions included the University Club, a number of fraternity and sorority houses along Langdon Street, and Manchester’s Department Store (razed). James Law was married to a daughter of Stoughton residents James and Katherine Campbell of N. Monroe Street. Campbell was a tobacco buyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621810246773-4DK871QYU4NMSV2X51RC/N-Page-133.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 133 North Page St. Ole O. and Marie Forton 1885 This house occupied a corner of Ole O. Forton’s Page Street farm until about 1912, when the land was divided and a number of new houses were erected nearby. Forton Street bears the family’s name. The nansard-roofed tower is a distinctive feature of the Italianate design. Norwegian born Ole Forton was a Stoughton dry goods dealer. Ole and Marie’s son Oscar J., who served as a Fourth Ward alderman, continued as a clothing dealer in the firm of Forton and Eriksmoen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621804626728-Q3BD4YB0OGWQBBWNVBYB/black+and+white+image+for+page.jpg Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621811675947-JHVU1UTC97SRY3H8UFCB/p16-bottom.gif Northwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/southwest daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621817648470-V9CPVJP9YGRWTXCZUZT2/401_W_South.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 401 West South St. August E. and Sarah Ovren 1884 August E. Ovren, builder The eaves of the Italianate style Ovren House are decorated with paired brackets, dentils, and a wide frieze. The distinctive square tower features a mansard roof with metal cresting. The Ovren House is one of three very similar designs on W. South Street. It was built by its original owner, August E. Ovren (1850-?) Ovren was born in Norway and arrived in Stoughton in 1874. He was a carpenter and carriagemaker, and for a time employed Stoughton builder John J. Holmstad. Sarah Jenson Ovren (1846-?) was also Norwegian born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621815807060-3ZH5QWYOUQSIB6UGZQP0/524_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 524 South Page St. Louis and Frederikka Trulson 1903 The Trulson House has a steeply-pitched hipped roof with prominent dormers. The handsome front porch has a wide frieze and large classical columns. Another classical detail, found on the south side of the building, is a Palladian window. L.M. Trulson was a Stoughton physician and also served as Mayor. Frederikka Trulson, a daughter of O.N. Falk, was a well-known music teacher and singer. (Her family home was at 516 Page Street.) Frederikka studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621817716874-0WDWKGGM280MN1UHI5MJ/409_W_South.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 409 West South St. George Ainsworth 1886 The Ainsworth House has many splendid Queen Anne details, including a square tower, and stickwork crosspieces in the gable peaks. The tower has a steeply pitched mansard roof topped with metal cresting. The round (oculus) windows rest under arched eaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816098634-21P1ZLJMT7XK296P2TAE/604_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 604 South Page St. H.W. Collins 1893 Patterned shingles, turned posts and spindles, scroll-sawn eave trim and bargeboards enliven the exterior of this Queen Anne style house. Projecting bays and a steeply-pitched roof add to its picturesque appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818288240-FSVB9NPXBRHX70H89RL9/624_S_Madison.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 624 South Madison St. Alex Peterson 1886 The “gabled ell” represented by the Peterson House is a popular house type composed of a two-story main block with a one or two-story ell. Such houses were often simple in overall design, but featured millwork trim such as shingles and cross pieces in the gable ends. The Peterson House has a one-story bay which projects from the east side, and wide eaves decorated with brackets. Another good example of the gabled ell house type in the historic district is the Mina Martin House (ca. 1900), at 501 W. South Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818204688-QZTZUN10PVEU3C6DM4PW/316_S_Madison.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 316 South Madison St. Emma Brewer ca.1900 This clapboard-sided Queen Anne style house has a distinctive front tower capped by a prominent bulbous roof. The bay under the tower has several kinds of wooden trim and a leaded glass window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621815376826-D5NFG19GVHI4TKCS06Z7/516_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 516 South Page St. Stoughton-Falk 1856, 1890 Part of this cream brick house was built by town founder Luke Stoughton. It originally had a Greek Revival main block with two large wings. The wings were removed when remodeled by the Falk family, who resided here for much of the twentieth century. The 1890 changes included elaborate window mouldings, picturesque porches, and a Queen Anne style bay window. Luke Stoughton died in 1874 and his wife, Eliza, in 1891. Ole Nelson Falk was born in Norway in 1841 and emigrated to the U.S. as a child. Ole became the owner of Falk Brothers Drug Store, and was also an organizer of the Dane County Bank. He was married to Mary J. Gjerde, a Dane County native. The house remained in the ownership of the Falk family until 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621815592086-L6Z3CWZN4F2EP0U7MJOA/519_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 519 South Page St. Holmstad-Townsend 1889 John J. Holmstad, builder The Holmstad-Townsend House is among the earliest of the houses built by John J. Holmstad in the Southwest Side Historic District. The two-story Queen Anne design has a decorative bargeboard at the eaves and cross pieces in the gable peaks. The second owner of the building, James Townsend, was a photographer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816656746-3GSIO9TPJJK4HLN16YHQ/400_Garfield_B_detail.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621815065966-YJRQ249BYBSI1GGWIX47/500_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 500 South Page St. First Lutheran Church Parsonage 1884 The former First Lutheran Church Parsonage is a hipped-roof italianate style house which occupies a prominent corner in the historic district. Local histories state that many marriages were performed in the parlor. It was used as a parsonage until 1941. A fine porch spans the first-story facade. It has slender turned posts decorated with delicate brackets. The balustrade is composed of spool-and-spindle posts. This type of hipped-roof, square-plan Italianate house was popular with builders on the southwest side, especially as seen on W. South Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621817878668-8GRHPFPVHXITLNSASQSJ/517_W_South.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 517 West South St. R. DeVoll 1885 August E. Ovren, builder This house, one a number built by August E. Ovren (see 401 W. South Street), has had some exterior changes but the original hipped roof Italianate design is still evident. The cornice is decorated with paired brackets and dentils. At the east side, there is a one story square bay with a mansard roof and tall, narrow windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621817425451-SEL2I9CESZ09JLU4QK6B/409_and_417_Oak.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 409 (left) Oak St. Rasmussen-Aaker; 1906 417 (right) Oak St.; ca. 1900 John J. Holmstad, builder Both houses are typical of Holmstad;s early twentieth-century work. The cross-gable roofs, broad classical porches, arched balconies, and symmetrical layout are seen on other Holmstad buildings of the period, including 408 Oak Street, across the street from this pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621815186912-4ZZ3RCVFL15A421LYFAA/511_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 511 South Page St. John and Emma Evans 1889 Look for the richly decorated two-story bay decorated with pilasters and single-light sashes, and an octagonal oriel. The main entrance is covered with a porch decorated with elaborate Queen Anne style millwork, including a carved frieze, large brackets, and turned posts. The carriage house at the rear of the property echoes the details of the house. John Evans, a Stoughton lumber dealer, and his wife, Emma, were natives of Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816420304-UTNHEDC5ZMM3JUHGYLJO/620_S_Prairie.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 620 South Prairie St. Martin c. 1900 John J. Holmstad, builder The Martin House has the irregular plan, complex roofline, projecting gables and bays, and spacious front porch typical of many Queen Anne houses. Scalloped bargeboards in the gables are among other picturesque aspects of the design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621817017423-GMFMMW3BISVBSPBQCLKL/401_Oak.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 401 Oak St. John J. Holmstad I 1906 John J. Holmstad, builder For a time, 401 Oak Street was Holmstad’s own residence. The design combines the broad porch and Palladian windows seen on many of the builder’s other houses. The porch, which rests on stone piers, and a balcony porch with an arched opening are especially attractive features. It is not surprising that Holmstad chose Oak Street for his own residence. The 300 and 400 blocks have a number of the builder’s well-detailed Queen Anne and Classical Revival houses. They are arranged along a street framed with elms and a view of Veterans Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818522560-NBEM57T110V4EJILU09F/Gable_Detail_A.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818391571-IXMGWIC8DWVQHQW0EYRP/401_Main.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 401 West Main St. First Methodist Church (now Christ the King Community Church) 1904 Gothic Revival features of this almost hundred year old church include a variety of compound Gothic arches, tracery, and pictorial stained glass. The dark red pressed brick building rests on a concrete foundation punctuated with small, square openings. The exterior trim is Bedford limestone. Fred Hill was the contractor and interior finishing was completed by Ed Larson. The interior auditorium was designed to seat 225, and was finished in oak. The Stoughton Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1859. The early congregation originally met in a school house and in a second floor room over O.N. Falk’s Drugstore. The first church building was constructed on N. Water Street in 1867. The new Main Street church cost $9,000 to build and equip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818546080-FG01J51DR26TM8QY1SM4/624_S_Madison_Detail.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816670986-YTC9RZQDTAZ4M6J5HBSG/400_Garfield_A.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818781574-YQXVEU8659RZCYNS090T/Gable_Detail_B.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816245891-MOL29O4YD1970NYCANNC/322_and_330_S_Prairie.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 322 (L) and 330 (R) South Prairie St. C.E. Warren (left) and Fred Buckman (right) ca. 1870 and ca. 1885 This pair of houses rest above an old stone wall. At left, the C. E. Warren House is a good example of a simple vernacular dwelling. The L-plan, gable roof, flat trim, and clapboard siding are typical of many houses built after the Civil War. Next door, the more ornate Buckman House has a typical Italianate exterior, with a hipped roof and projecting bays trimmed with paired brackets. Buckman, a native of New York, was a Stoughton blacksmith. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621814892127-GBKT4FQJ31TZMMNAUY03/324_S_Page.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 324 South Page St. First Universalist Church 1858 S.V.Shipman, architect The Universalist congregation chose Milwaukee cream brick for their Greek Revival style church. The low-pitched gable roof still has a full pediment across the gable end, and the steeple is decorated with pilasters and an entablature. The exterior is decorated with shallow pilasters. The Universalist congregation held their first services in Stoughton in a schoolhouse. This building cost $4,000 to erect. It was in use until the 1940s and 1950s. In 1962, the Stoughton Historical Society Museum was established here. Architect Stephen V. Shipman (1805-1905) was a native of Pennsylvania, where he learned the builder’s trade from his father. After superintending the construction of a number of buildings, he moved to Chicago and in 1855 to Madison, where he opened an architectural office. Among his early commissions in Madison was the Central State Hospital for the Insane, begun in 1857. He remained in Madison until the early 1870s and then returned to Chicago, where he was involved in the reconstruction of the city after the great fire of 1871. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621818075722-ZG7LQVLYUL2E17ONKH4V/525_W_South.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 525 West South St. Solon and Francis DeVoll (DeVall) 1883 The handsome windows of this Italianate house have segmental arched lintels at the first story, and pedimented lintels at the second. The design is otherwise very similar to 401 W. South Street. Solon Devoll (1823-1894) was born in Windsor County, Vermont. He purchased 200 acres in Rutland Township and farmed until 1885, when he moved to Stoughton. He married Francis M. Show, also of Vermont, in 1848. The DeVoll’s son James D. (1853-1902) became a Stoughton carriage maker and tobacco dealer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816925834-X9HM4CZATNE5UNELVXQZ/332_Oak.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out 332 Oak St. J.I. and Sarah Suby 1906 John J. Holmstad, builder Well designed for its prominent corner location, the Suby House features a handsome porch with classical columns. Like other Holmstad designs, it has a steeply pitched hipped roof and prominent dormers. At the time of construction, the house and lot cost $5,500. J.I. Suby (1873-1925) was a physician who also served as a Stoughton City Council member. A native of Dodge County, Minnesota, he attended medical school in Indiana and arrived in Stoughton in 1893. When Suby began practicing in Stoughton, there were six other physicians in the city. Suby was married to Sarah Brictson of Deerfield, Wisconsin, in 1906. They had one son, Howard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621816637868-JJS8SLSV6Y6IPU6ZSKVI/400_Garfield_C_detail.jpg Southwest Side Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/park daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621821058680-HGPQWHW6QRUJLA5OXJG4/724_Park.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 724 Park St. Ted Jacobson 1921 Ted Jacobsen was a Stoughton mason, and it is likely that he was the builder of the only brick house erected along East Park. Jacobsen later ran the popular “Coffee Cup” restaurant on Main Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618371215742-C793R4SAS9JJ4POHR4RZ/East_Park_sign.jpg East Park Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621821187246-11NLDKK2KI0MW03DBK80/800_Park.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 800 Park St. Carl & Trena Hoel 1921 This well-conserved bungalow features a hip roof with a shed dormer. The windows have multi-paned upper sash. Carl Hoel owned a nearby grocery store on E. Main Street. The family included three children: Charlotte, Ruth Ann, and Carl John. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820692402-01ZQMKVFTGKC4AW597XZ/324_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 324 South Lynn St. Haakon & Caroline Tholo 1927 Haakon was a native of Norway and worked as a building contractor. The Tholo household in 1930 included three children. Their house apparently sheltered two families; Dr. Robert and Gladys Schoenbeck and their two children rented a portion of the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618371186710-N0GOSDE7QIOYVEN7LIJ4/116_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour 116 South Lynn St. Ben and Bertha Gilbertson 1915 Ben Gilbertson was a native of Norway and a Stoughton police officer. After his retirement, he was employed as the engineer at the East Side Public School. Gilbertson and his German-born wife had at least three children: Ethel, William, and George. With its front porch and gabled dormers, the hip-roofed Gilbertson house is similar to many built in Stoughton in the early 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621819949166-M5CVHDXIJ3U79U8H6K6I/208_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 208 South Lynn St. Carl & Tena Hanson 1921 Carl emigrated to the U.S. from Norway in 1909, and Tena in 1900. Carl was a sawmill laborer. In 1930, their household included their son William, a 24-year old packer at a tobacco house. The Hanson house retains a few of its original bungalow details, including the knee-brackets at the eves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820988001-KVPBS4C8V4YTK2MZJ306/716_Park_B.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 716 Park St. Glenn Blakely 1935 The Blakely house was the last built on East Park before World War II. The entry of the compact Dutch Colonial design is flanked by sidelights; the gambrel roof is a hallmark of the style. Glenn Blakely was a manager for the Brittingham and Hixon Lumber Company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618371230915-DHFL133IMZLZ820XMFEG/East5.jpg East Park Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820527309-DKMOAOK38E5KWEB9ZKRO/316_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 316 South Lynn St. Axel & Dagmar Mortenson 1929 Axel was a native of Norway and arrived in the United States in 1911. He listed his employment in 1930 as a “trailer assembler,” likely at the Mandt Wagon Company which at the time was making a variety of automotive products. Later, after the end of Prohibition in 1933, he operated Mortenson’s Tavern on Main Street. With its gambrel roof and side-lit entry, the Mortenson house is a good example of the Dutch Colonial style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820338858-FCZ2M48TAXFMHOETJB23/300_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 300 South Lynn St. Sverre and Lille Brekke 1937 Sverre Brekke came to the United States in 1923 at the age of 15 from Norway. In 1930 he was working as a bookkeeper and lived with his aunt Anna Thorviek on S. Monroe Street. He was later a driver for the Standard Oil Co. The Brekke House is a Cape Cod -- one of many Period Revival styles popular in the 20th century. The steep gable roof and pedimented central entry are typical style features. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621821260000-ENIZP9HQMYXWKSIU47VG/808_Park.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 808 Park St. Mrs. Ole Simonson 1921 According to tax records, this Bungalow was originally the home of Mrs. Ole Simonson, but by 1930, it was owned by Alvin and Helma Gjertson. Alvin was the proprietor of an auto repair shop. Helma was born in Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1906. This was later the home of Walter Eggleson, an insurance agent and local promoter of the Syttende Mai celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820812946-EP38MOWXTKKQFDOAFUNL/700_Park.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 700 Park St. L.O. & Lena Felland 1925-6 The Fellands were retired from farming when they built this house. Their bungalow features a low-pitched roof, clipped gables and a full-length porch. The garage at rear echos the same roof line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820895702-JM6HYJ4BQCVELXFISR1V/708_Park.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 708 Park St. Elling & Bertha Gilbertson 1919 The Gilbertson House is an excellent example of a bungalow. The porch has projecting brick piers with battered wood posts and concrete urns. Elling was born in Norway in 1852 and emigrated to the United States in 1880. Bertha was a native of Wisconsin. In 1930, the Gilbertson’s 30-year old son Morris lived here; he was a car salesman. Elling reported to the census taker that he was employed on a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820139311-VK2512SZ6291QXWOLFSW/224_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 224 South Lynn St. Aleda Sampson 1914 The National Register of Historic Places nomination calls this building “by far the most imposing house in the East Park Historic District.” Aleda Sampson, the widow of Sven Sampson, worked in a tobacco factory. By 1930, she rented part of her house to John Bostrom and his family. He was a wagon shop mechanic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621821339303-FKXYHGA4C92HUX0WAOPZ/816_Park.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 816 Park St. John & Marie Johnson 1921 in 1930, John Johnson, at age 59, was employed as a moulder in a wagon factory. He and his wife Marie were natives of Norway and arrived in the United States in 1906. John and Marie’s daughter Helma was married to Alvin Gjertson, and the couple lived next door at 808. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820423064-DOG21G6J5MNGZHVGI3QS/308_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 308 South Lynn St. Hub City Construction Co. 1921 This brick bungalow was erected by the Hub City Construction Co.; early owners have not been identified. Typical bungalow features include the full-length porch with short columns, and deep eaves with knee brackets. A large addition was made in 2004. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618371202425-CIZ3YLQUD70O3VOR6LSE/124_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour 124 South Lynn St. Olaf and Anna Haugen 1914 In 1920 Olaf Haugen listed his occupation as a grocery salesman; ten years later he worked as a painter. Like most of his neighbors, Haugen was born in Norway; Anna was born in Wisconsin to Norwegian parents. By 1920 they had two children: Ingeborg and Olaf, and the household also included another young family, Alfred and Clara Ehle, and five-year old Beulah Gryttenholm. In 1930, they had another daughter, Marie, and no renters or boarders. The Haugen house appears to be based on the same plan as 116 S. Lynn St. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618371247482-PO4W91MR7JBUJ0ANQHA8/East_Park.jpg East Park Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1618371173569-6UEH91EK19HYN1DG2WA0/108_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour 108 South Lynn St. “Mrs.” Stoddard 1913 - 14 This bungalow was one of the first houses built in the Turner Park Addition. It may have been the home of Gladys Stoddard, the widow of Valentine, who was a shipping clerk at a wagon shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820023564-7VYBQEUI9QF8KXE1QQZO/216_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 216 South Lynn St. Peter & Beret Klaboe 1914 The Klaboes emigrated to the U.S. with their daughters Esther and Signa in 1908. All became citizens by 1915. In 1920 Peter was employed as a laborer in a tobacco business; ten years later he was working in a sawmill. The Klaboe house is very similar to 224 S. Lynn St., but retains its original open porch with a balustraded deck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621820212816-T97VU9RC8LH5KGY6UOPA/232_S_Lynn.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out 232 South Lynn St. Sigvald and Mabel Fosdal 1947 This one-story house retains much of the scale and feeling of earlier bungalows although it was among the last additions to East Park. The exterior is partially limestone faced. Sigvald Fosdal was born in Wisconsin to Louis and Andrea Fosdal, both natives of Norway. In 1930, at the age of 24, he worked at a Stoughton gasoline station. His wife Mabel worked at the Stoughton Courier Hub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621821784202-P2QALK42UWX7C2JD0FVM/fountain2.jpg East Park Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stoughtonlandmarks.org/main-street daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823934630-L5MOKWB77E2CZ7VJHMER/348-354-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 348 – 354 East Main Street This building, which housed a photography studio and the Young Men’s Christian Association in 1898, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in 1904, represents a transition in architecture through its details. The pressed metal cornice has dentils, panels, and brackets in an elaborate profile, more indicative of the earlier Italianate influence. The interesting window pattern on the second story is indicative of both Romanesque influence with the round arches, and the Queen Anne style with the multi-paned transom under the large arches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823368859-E844Q3IJ84D875KGZROV/188-W.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 188 West Main Street: Erickson Block This building is an exuberant example of Classical Revival commercial architecture. Built in 1905, the building is dominated by a massive entablature with a bracketed metal cornice. A colossal colonnade on cantoned brick pilasters crowned with terra cotta capitals rises through the upper stories on the west façade and frames the front façade. The colonnade rests on a first story base, punctuated by tall windows with heavy stone lintels. The stylized surround, ornamented with brick banding, which encloses the upper stories of the front facade, is worthy of special notice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823693182-FAVOGZM8JIL4NJ8HP0W8/180-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 180 East Main Street: Jensen Block This building, the Jenson Block, also has round headed windows with compound brick arches. The use of round-headed arches came earlier in the Italianate style than the use of segmental arches. This building was constructed between 1871 and 1882. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824576628-PJ3ZUPMZOJ8X47FYVADE/515-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 515 East Main Street Built between 1884 and 1887, this two story cream brick tobacco warehouse was originally used by Turner, Dearborn and Atkinson Tobacco. Different enterprises have used the building, including; Cullman’s and Rosenblum in 1892; Townsend & McCarthy and Cullman Brothers shared the building in 1898; Henry Miller and Townsend & McCarthy shared the building in 1904; and Cullman Brothers and Hanson & McCarthy shared the building in 1912. Cullman Brothers and Halverson and Bitters shared the building in 1926 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823535505-4QKIQ8I9RB8VJOROADLG/100EMain.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 100 – 110 East main Street: Scheldrup Pharmacy Built in 1897, this is one of the few buildings on Main Street that exhibits a Queen Anne influence. The present tower was recently rebuilt. It had been added to the building between 1904 and 1912, perhaps as a reaction to the tower on the newly constructed building (#6) across the street. This building has been a pharmacy throughout its history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824766484-JDK63TRDAOKP47H3J8KJ/529-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 529 East Main Street: Freight Depot This building, Stoughton’s first depot, was constructed by 1861 at what was then the east end of Main Street, with tracks flanking the east and west sides of the building. The depot has been altered on the front, but on the west elevation he outlines of the original Italianate windows and the Italianate brackets in the eaves are still visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824125144-L0NEAKTSMVKPFRHT1F7H/135-W-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621822802336-CF7KJ2EH72JYU2A2YR59/255-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 255 East Main Street: Badger Theater This period revival theater has Neo-Classical details, including quoining, the trim on the central opening, the door hoods, and the scarab in the cornice. The building was touted as “as nearly fireproof as it is possible to make one, its construction being of steel, brick, cement and tile.” It was once owned by Charles Guelson and Gustave Roe. Construction for the theater began in April 1920. It opened for business in March 1921. The first movie picture theater had opened in Stoughton in 1908. Between 1908 and 1929, when the first “talke” came to the Badger theater, Stoughton’s theaters included the Lyric, at 110 East Main Street; the White Front, at 155 East Main Street; the Globe Theater at 155 West Main Street; the Princess Theater, 143 West Main Street; and another “modern” movie theater whose location is unknown, perhaps 151 East Main Street, Movies were also shown in the City Hall Auditorium beginning in 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621822652946-6H3E5YS6WDF3E6KVEPNF/library-304.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 304 South Fourth Street: Carnegie Public Library Designed by Claude and Stark, an architectural firm based in Madison and fluent in the design of libraries, the 1907 Carnegie Public Library is constructed of brick and stone in the Neo-Classical Style. The Neo-Classical (interchangeable with the term “Classical Revival”) was popular with other period revivals around 1900, and was catapulted to popularity by the “Great White Way” of the 1906 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The cornice is accentuated by modillions. Scrolled keystones accent the entrance arches and the window lintels. Decorative applied trim highlights the window and door transoms. The building is an excellent example of a small Neo-Classical local library, common throughout the United States as the embodiment of Carnegie Libraries. Other Claude and Stark Libraries can be seen in Merrill and Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824987838-KALUEXGBLDIGNC4EEIOD/508-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 508 East Main Street: Pabst Tavern This unique two-story cream brick building was constructed between 1898 and 1904. It has a terra cotta Pabst gable. The shallow lancet arch lintel over the windows, the castellated and stepped parapet, and the projections supported by scalloped bracing are indicative of Queen Anne style influence on a Commercial Vernacular building. In the late nineteenth century, Wisconsin breweries marketed their beer close to home to reduce costs of shipping and losses due to spoilage. Construction of company-owned taverns in Wisconsin provided a direct market for the Pabst, Schlitz, Miller, Jung, and Gettleman breweries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824647602-8ZEX5FWU5EMJMTG7UXPI/524-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 524 East Main Street This warehouse was built of stone and cream brick in 1891 for Levi Kittleson of Waukesha. In 1898 the building was occupied by the O.K. Roe Tobacco Company. Between 1912 and 1926, it became the L.B. Carl Tobacco Warehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823059249-QFM6X5HK6WT3KDFGC8LI/111-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 111 East Main Street: Hausmann Block Distinguished by its engaging oriel tower, the Hausmann Block was built in 1903 by Madison contractor L. B. Gilbert and operated as a saloon by Madison brewer Carl Hausmann. This building is a fine example of a Queen Anne style applied to a commercial building. Covered with decorative pressed metal, the tower is supported by brackets and rises into a conical roof and finial ball. Garlands, dentils, raised panels, and engaged pilasters further embellish the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823115879-I1DEDR1QZ3U71RIEKUNJ/101-W-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 101 West Main Street: Hotel Kegonsa This site has been the location of a hotel since the very beginning of Stoughton’s history. The present building (now a pharmacy) was constructed between 1912 and 1926. Community founder Luke Stoughton persuaded Alvin West to establish an inn on this property in 1855, Hotels occupying this site have had a number of different names: The Stoughton House, the Mt. Vernon House, The Higbee House, the Hutson House, and the Hotel Kegonsa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823610134-V64LMV0GSP6QGZSTI0XX/160EMain.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 160 East Main Street: Masonic Hall Built in 1869, the Masonic Hall rises three stories above Main Street. The building is one of the most impressive on Main Street due to round-headed windows surmounted by compound arches which punctuate the cream brick façade. Other buildings on Main Street have segmental rather than round arches. While the original metal cornice has been removed, the cornice line and frieze are decorated with brick details and an inscription stone identifying the building as the Masonic Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621822999687-4Z4I9LUA7FLXRI3FZ1LC/139--195-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 139, 147, 151, 167, 175, 183, & 195 East Main Street Constructed in 1889 after a fire destroyed a row of frame buildings on the site, these buildings were designed to be “as nearly alike as possible, thus giving the entire row a uniform appearance”. Although each building was individually owned (note the owner’s name in the date block of each section), local contractor George Becker superintended the construction of all the buildings. The result is a series of two-story cream and red brick buildings identical in their commercial Italianate detail. The uniform metal cornice with brackets, dentils, raised pediments, the decorative corbelled brick at the frieze, and the tall windows surmounted by stilted, segmental lintels with keystones visually ties the building together as one unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823304226-3SXOUHRHDH8DHSDCPK7T/201-W-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 201 West Main Street: Hyland-Olsen Block Built in 1897, this large Neo-Classical (Classical Revival) building was designed by Milwaukee Architect Jay Knapp and constructed by local contractors George Becker and Fred Hill. It was owned and operated by K.G. Olsen and Dr. Francis Hyland. It housed Stoughton’s first and finest department store – the Department Company Store, the first telephone exchange, and bank, offices, and meeting halls for fraternal organizations. Neo-Classical details on the building are a physical representation of the importance of this building to the community. The bracketed metal cornice features a central raised pediment ornamented with decorative moldings and finials. Rusticated stone piers frame the building and divide the façade into bays. A rock-faced stone lintel course surmounts the windows and a stone sill course underscores them. A corbelled brick course runs beneath the cornice and a large terra cotta crest ornaments the upper stories of the front façade. The legend (Department Co.) is still visible. Originally the building had interior cast iron columns, large plate glass display windows, and an elevator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823807001-2A0M7K7HOEXCXCTOAUFD/Postoffice-246.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 246 East Main Street: United States Post Office The Post Office features many Art Deco details, particularly in the transom above the main entrance, the scones on either side of the entrance, and the iron hand rails flanking the main stairs. An original mural entitled “Air Mail Service” executed by Edmund Lewandowski adorns the west wall of the lobby. The first post office in Stoughton was established in 1848 at an unknown site. In 1881, the Post Office was moved to the Williams Block (which burned in the early 1960’s, it was on the site of 129 W. Main). Between 1904 and 1912, the Post Office moved to what is now the east section of the Wisconsin Power and Light and Stationery House building. In 1938, the Post Office moved to this building designed by Louis Simon, Treasury Department architect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824708489-SFN1O6VPJQ3OH9MZNU0B/567-E-Main-St.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 567 East Main Street This cream brick two-story tobacco warehouse was constructed in 1888. The two-story brick addition on the east was added between 1912 and 1926. By 1898 it was the O.C. Lee Tobacco Warehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621822576188-XSCBJIGYMPM2OSTESMCG/341-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 341 East Main Street: O.F. Tipple Block This commercial building was constructed in 1891 as Mr. O.F. Tipple’s livery barn. Note that the building has a high parapet, which gives it a more imposing character than some of the buildings on Main Street. The Italianate Style, popular from the 1860’s through about 1900, is evident in decorative brickwork embellishing an otherwise plain façade, particularly the segmental arch lintels, and the graduated corbelling in the cornice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621822427523-MN0BZ9KDIVN8C4XZ1JMV/381-E-Main-City-Hall.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823244916-AL3YQ0QAMAUHJJW6B61V/171-W-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 171 West Main Street: Citizens State Bank The most austere of Main Street’s Neo-Classical (Classical Revival buildings, the Citizens State Bank (C. 1906-07) is dominated by a massive entablature supported by four colossal brick piers. The piers, which are spaced between broad and deep-set windows, are ornamented with stone banding and stone capitals. The entablature features a brick frieze, stone dentils, and a projecting cornice. Despite its massive character, the bank shares the same scale and preference for cream brick seen in other commercial buildings in this part of Main Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824371977-CRK8PPQASQAJK8CMHF7T/401-E-main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 401 East Main Street: Filling Station This small cream brick filling station was constructed between 1912 and 1926. it was all that remains of a larger automobile sales and repair shop complex that belonged to Samuel Peterson, who was mayor of Stoughton from 1904 -1906. As with the Roe Building, this building represents a change in the local economy from wagon manufacturing to automobile sales and service beginning in the late 1910’s. This building has been removed for the new fire station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621823865858-DGQNX5GXVYLIKYS3ZVQP/288-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 288 East Main Street: Roe Building 910’s through the Built in 1913, this building reflects the necessary change in emphasis from wagon manufacturing, which was a major element in Stoughton’s economy, to automobile sales and service from the late 1910’s through the present. It housed the first automobile business in Stoughton. The Roe Automobile Company sold Overland, Oakland, Paige and Jewett, Chandler, and Willys-Knight automobiles. This garage had a capacity of 20 cars. Of particular interest is the tripartite window under a wide segmental arch in the center of the main elevation. This second story window was originally used as a show window. The second story floor was reinforced to support cars on display on the second story. The “bullet-shaped” corner protectors at the main entrance are typical of automobile-related buildings of the 1910’s through the 1930’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824488144-K7RZSEZ1XYC36KJ7N3R6/421-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 421 East Main Street: Hanson House The Hanson House / Grand Hotel is a two story commercial vernacular building with Italianate details. It had a kitchen, bar-room, laundry and servants’ bedrooms in the basement, office, ladies parlor and twelve bedrooms on the street level, and twenty-seven bedrooms on the second floor. In 1893 the name was changed to the Grand Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824830209-MVPLI4QXFAOUGC711C0W/532-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 532 East Main Street: Passenger Depot Built in 1913, this depot has American Craftsman style architectural details, such as the wide overhanging eaves, the exposed rafters, the projecting belt course, and the use of stucco on the exterior walls. The depot across Main Street became the freight depot, while this newer depot handled passenger traffic. Unlike neighboring villages where the railroad did not stop, Stoughton had a healthy, growing economy from the 1880’s to the 1920’s. The railroad’s presence made Stoughton a center for agriculture, since products and people could be transported easily to and from the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/601db6327dc49320d388e35e/1621824921609-71EIA36KP7KZDIVWLWYO/506-E-Main.jpg Historic Main Street Tour - Make it stand out 506 East main Street: Garage This simple automobile-related 20th century commercial building has a brick front and concrete sidewalls, trim and foundation. Two big show windows and a center door to accommodate automobiles define the three bays of the main elevation. This building is a typical example of early twentieth century commercial vernacular architecture, particularly applicable to automobile related structures. Built between 1912 and 1926, this garage had a capacity of ten cars. The building was constructed by Kurt Jensen. Jensen also constructed the Roe Building (288 East Main Street), which is similar in style to this garage. 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