There is one other house on Waugoo Avenue which I always believed to be
the work of William Waters but for which I’ve no proof, just my intuition. The house at 204 Waugoo Avenue was once one of
many homes in that block but as the neighborhood changed it became the only
house in that block on that side of the street. When I was in grade school the bus, I rode
home on would pass this house and I always admired the house.
My research indicates that it was built in the early 1890’s for Peter
King who was half of the partnership of the King Brothers. F. B. King had been a resident of Oshkosh
since 1863 and operated several sample rooms which seemed to be very lucrative,
for F. B. King could commission William Waters to design a large house on the
south west corner of Waugoo and Broad Streets.
If Fred could hire Mr. Waters, perhaps his brother could
also. Peter’s house wasn’t as grand as
his brother’s but it was a fine building, the design for which was used by others. There was a house on Parkway Avenue which was the mirror
image of the King house and the Sorensen house in Neenah was nearly
identical.
P. S. It has come to my attention that a publication for the 1990's credits Mr. Waters as the architect of the Peter King house.
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