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Seven Gables (Baraboo, Wisconsin)

Coordinates: 43°28′23″N 89°44′23″W / 43.47306°N 89.73972°W / 43.47306; -89.73972 (Seven Gables)
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Seven Gables
Seven Gables (Baraboo, Wisconsin) is located in Wisconsin
Seven Gables (Baraboo, Wisconsin)
Location215 6th St., Baraboo, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°28′23″N 89°44′23″W / 43.47306°N 89.73972°W / 43.47306; -89.73972 (Seven Gables)
Area0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built1860 (1860)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.78000140[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1978

Seven Gables, also known as the Terrell Thomas House, is a historic house at 215 6th Street in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The house was built in 1860 for Terrell Thomas, a local banker and businessman. The house has a Gothic Revival design described as Downingesque, a term used for smaller Gothic houses inspired by architect Andrew Jackson Downing's design philosophy. Its design features an entrance pavilion topped by a gable roof with decorative bargeboard on its eaves, a side entrance on the west facade with a matching gable, a front-facing verandah with wooden brackets and detailing, and several dormers interrupting the main hip roof. John Durward, a Roman Catholic priest and the son of Durward's Glen founder Bernard Durward, bought the house in 1911; after his death in 1918, local district attorney and county judge Henry Jay Bohn lived in the house until 1929.[2]

The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 20, 1978.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Hundt, Katherine E. (March 31, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Seven Gables". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved April 20, 2023.