Anthony and Caroline Isermann House

	Anthony and Caroline Isermann House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Anthony and Caroline Isermann House
Location	6416 Seventh Ave.; Kenosha, Wisconsin
Coordinates	42°34′33″N87°49′8″W / 42.57583°N 87.81889°W Coordinates: 42°34′33″N87°49′8″W / 42.57583°N 87.81889°W
Built	1922
Architect	Russell Barr Williamson
Architectural style	Prairie School
NRHP reference #	04000108
Added to NRHP	February 25, 2004

Last updated March 09, 2019

The Anthony and Caroline Isermann House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Designed in the Prairie School by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

Kenosha is a city in and the county seat of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, United States. Kenosha is on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. With an estimated population of 99,889 as of July 1, 2013, it is the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin and the fourth-largest city on Lake Michigan. The city is part of the United States Census Bureau's Chicago Combined Statistical Area (CSA).

Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common to the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in horizontal bands, integration with the landscape, solid construction, craftsmanship, and discipline in the use of ornament. Horizontal lines were thought to evoke and relate to the wide, flat, treeless expanses of America's native prairie landscape.

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". His creative period spanned more than 70 years.

History

The Anthony and Caroline Isermann House was constructed in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1922. Anthony Isermann was President of the Isermann Clothing Store in downtown Kenosha. The house was designed by Russell Barr Williamson, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright. Williamson briefly supervised Wright's projects in Milwaukee, and after he left Wright's practice, he focused his career on the city. ^[2] The house was designed in the Prairie School style, which emphasizes horizontal lines. The home passed to Anthony and Caroline's daughter Mary and her husband James Fargo in 1955. Anthony Isermann lived in the house until the early 1960s. The house neighbors the Frank and Jane Isermann House, which belonged to Anthony's brother. The house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places on February 25, 2004.^[3]^[4]

The Frank and Jane Isermann House is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act and is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The NPS is charged with a dual role of preserving the ecological and historical integrity of the places entrusted to its management, while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment.

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The house has many features typical of the Prairie School. It has overhanging eaves under a low-pitched roof, belt courses, and banded windows. The small, two-story house has a rectangular plan and a one-story ell. The walls are mainly brown brick, though the upper half of the second story is faced with stucco. The main block has a large window, which is flanked by sidelights. Around these is a plain stone surround. The ell, on the south wall, has two shallow bays. Small sections of brick walls with stucco edges decoratively project from some portions of the house.^[3]

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References

↑ "Anthony and Caroline Isermann House". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
↑ "Isermann, Anthony and Caroline, House". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20170114032029/http://www.kenosha.org/departments/development/pdf/HP_archive/Isermann2.pdf
↑ Carol Lohry Cartwright (2002-12-08). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Isermann, Anthony and Caroline, House". National Park Service . Retrieved 2018-05-16. With 15 photos.

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[1] "Anthony and Caroline Isermann House". Landmark Hunter.com. Retrieved 2012-02-24.

[2] "Isermann, Anthony and Caroline, House". Wisconsin Historic Society. Retrieved 2018-05-17.

[Isermann-3] 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20170114032029/http://www.kenosha.org/departments/development/pdf/HP_archive/Isermann2.pdf

[nrhp_nom-4] Carol Lohry Cartwright (2002-12-08). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Isermann, Anthony and Caroline, House". National Park Service . Retrieved 2018-05-16. With 15 photos.