Chauncey Hall House

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Chauncey Hall House
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Location 1235 S. Main St.
Racine, Wisconsin
Coordinates 42°43′4″N87°46′55″W / 42.71778°N 87.78194°W / 42.71778; -87.78194 Coordinates: 42°43′4″N87°46′55″W / 42.71778°N 87.78194°W / 42.71778; -87.78194
Area less than one acre
Architect Andrew Jackson Downing
Architectural style Gothic Revival
NRHP reference # 76000075 [1]
Added to NRHP January 2, 1976

The Chauncey Hall House, also known as Knight House, is located in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. [1]

Racine, Wisconsin City in Wisconsin, United States

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National Register of Historic Places federal and nsa list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

Designed by architect Andrew Jackson Downing, it is a two-story red brick house, built before 1854, perhaps as early as 1842, and is the oldest Gothic Revival-style house in Racine. [3]

Andrew Jackson Downing American landscape designer

Andrew Jackson Downing was an American landscape designer, horticulturalist, and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival in the United States, and editor of The Horticulturist magazine (1846–52). Downing is considered to be a founder of American landscape architecture.

Gothic Revival architecture Architectural movement

Gothic Revival is an architectural movement popular in the Western World that began in the late 1740s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval Gothic architecture, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time. Gothic Revival draws features from the original Gothic style, including decorative patterns, finials, lancet windows, hood moulds and label stops.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Chauncey Hall House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
  3. Biruta Erdmann (June 16, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Chauncey Hall House". National Park Service . Retrieved April 28, 2017. With two photos from 1974 and 1975.