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Beebe House (Platteville, Wisconsin)

Coordinates: 42°44′19″N 90°28′49″W / 42.73861°N 90.48028°W / 42.73861; -90.48028 (Beebe House)
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Beebe House
Beebe House
Beebe House (Platteville, Wisconsin) is located in Wisconsin
Beebe House (Platteville, Wisconsin)
Location390 W. Adams St., Platteville, Wisconsin
Coordinates42°44′19″N 90°28′49″W / 42.73861°N 90.48028°W / 42.73861; -90.48028 (Beebe House)
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1870
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.79000078[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 7, 1979

The Beebe House is a historic house at 390 W. Adams Street in Platteville, Wisconsin.[1]

History

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The house's first owner, William Beebe, served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of captain. Beebe became a lawyer after the war, and he built his house in Platteville in 1870. He would later become mayor of Platteville and the district attorney and justice of the peace for Grant County. Beebe's house has a Victorian Gothic design, a style not commonly used in southwest Wisconsin. The two-story brick house features a cross-gabled layout and roof, red brick quoins, tall arched windows, and bracketed boards in the eaves of the gable ends.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 7, 1979.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Patricia Mueller (April 2, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Beebe House / Johnson House". National Park Service. Retrieved September 4, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1979