W. H. Coffin House

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W.H. Coffin House
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Location 421 E. 11th Ave,, Winfield, Kansas
Coordinates 37°14′18″N96°59′30″W / 37.23833°N 96.99167°W / 37.23833; -96.99167 Coordinates: 37°14′18″N96°59′30″W / 37.23833°N 96.99167°W / 37.23833; -96.99167
Area less than one acre
Built 1892
Architect Klausner, Emanuel
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 03000839 [1]
Added to NRHP August 28, 2003

The W. H. Coffin House, located at 421 E. 11th Ave. in Winfield in Cowley County, Kansas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

Winfield, Kansas City and County seat in Kansas, United States

Winfield is a city and county seat of Cowley County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the Walnut River in South Central Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,301 and second most populous city of Cowley County.

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Cowley County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 36,311. Its county seat is Winfield, and its most populous city is Arkansas City.

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

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Built in 1892, the W. H. Coffin House is an example of Queen Anne style architecture in the United States popular from about 1880 to 1900.

Queen Anne style architecture in the United States architectural style during Victorian Era

In the United States, Queen Anne-style architecture was popular from roughly 1880 to 1910. "Queen Anne" was one of a number of popular architectural styles to emerge during the Victorian era. Within the Victorian era timeline, Queen Anne style followed the Stick style and preceded the Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle styles.

It is a two-story cedar weatherboard-clad frame house upon a limestone foundation. It has gables with fish scale shingles made from cedar. [2]

Gable Generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches

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