“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.”
― Winston Churchill
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Address of Property: 620 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Neenah, WI, 54956
County: Winnebago Historic Name: Albert C. Gilbert House Other Name: Robert Di Renzo House Size: 8,000 square feet Acreage: 2 acres Property Features Year Built: 1918 Additions: 1928 Survey Date: 2004 Historic Use: House First owner: Albert C. Gilbert (president of Gilbert Paper Co.) Architectural Style: English Cottage Property Type: Building Structural System: Built with house Wall Material: Stucco Architect: Childs and Smith of Chicago Other Buildings on Site: 0 Stories: 2 Bedrooms: 5 Bathrooms: 4 full, 1 half Total Rooms: 15 Demolished: No Designations National/State Register Listing Name: Albert C. Gilbert Home Notes: Built in 1918 for president of Gilbert Paper Company Albert C. Gilbert and his wife Mabel Kimberly. Originally had a thatch roof which was later replaced due to harsh Wisconsin weather; basement renovated in 1966/67 due to flooding; new cedar-plank roof 2011 due to leaking: only one company in the nation could fix the roof which required six weeks of five men soaking planks so they could bend according to the roof structure -- very unique house feature |
Blueprints and floor plans of the Albert. C. Gilbert House
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Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, "Historic Name", "Town", "County", "State", "Reference Number".
Interview of Mrs. Cheri Di Renzo |
All photos taken by two of the four students who collaborated on the Albert C. Gilbert House project. |