Thomas and Susan Sutherland House
The original portion of this stately, Italianate style house was constructed circa 1881 for Thomas and Susan Sutherland. The two-story, frame residence has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, a hip roof with flared eaves and a tall brick chimney. Its low-pitched roof with widely overhanging eaves, decorative brackets, and tall and narrow one-over-one and two-over-two double-hung windows are characteristics of the Italianate style. The house features a full-width front porch with mansard and hipped-roof projecting bays on the north and south elevations. A modern one-story rear addition features a second story porch. The small addition respects the design, scale, and materials of the original building. A one-and-a-half-story, front-gabled, clapboard-sided garage is located behind the house. Circa 1881, Thomas and Susan Sutherland built a one-story house on this lot. Thomas was a contractor and builder. In 1894, Frederick P. Swanson purchased the house and hired contractors Baird and Johnson to raise the roof and add a second story for $200. According to city directories, Mr. Swanson was a bookkeeper for the Musser Manufacturing Co. Also living in the house were Louisa A. Lammers, a boarder who was a clerk for the Register of Deeds, and Martha Ponath, who was a servant. By 1910, Mr. Swanson, now a bookkeeper with the St. Croix Lumber Company, and his children Florence H. and Sherman F. Swanson, both students, lived in the house.
Thomas and Susan Sutherland House
The original portion of this stately, Italianate style house was constructed circa 1881 for Thomas and Susan Sutherland. The two-story, frame residence has a limestone foundation, clapboard siding, a hip roof with flared eaves and a tall brick chimney. Its low-pitched roof with widely overhanging eaves, decorative brackets, and tall and narrow one-over-one and two-over-two double-hung windows are characteristics of the Italianate style. The house features a full-width front porch with mansard and hipped-roof projecting bays on the north and south elevations. A modern one-story rear addition features a second story porch. The small addition respects the design, scale, and materials of the original building. A one-and-a-half-story, front-gabled, clapboard-sided garage is located behind the house. Circa 1881, Thomas and Susan Sutherland built a one-story house on this lot. Thomas was a contractor and builder. In 1894, Frederick P. Swanson purchased the house and hired contractors Baird and Johnson to raise the roof and add a second story for $200. According to city directories, Mr. Swanson was a bookkeeper for the Musser Manufacturing Co. Also living in the house were Louisa A. Lammers, a boarder who was a clerk for the Register of Deeds, and Martha Ponath, who was a servant. By 1910, Mr. Swanson, now a bookkeeper with the St. Croix Lumber Company, and his children Florence H. and Sherman F. Swanson, both students, lived in the house.
Posted Date
Sep 27, 2021
Source Name
Heirloom Homes and Landmark
