Early in my study of William Waters I tried to locate as
many of his buildings as I could. Most
of his residential work was confined to the north side of Oshkosh with but a
few south of the river. One house on
west Tenth Avenue however bore some features which made me think it was the
work of architect Waters. It was a large
dwelling with a front gable which held a set of triplet windows. Below that, on the second floor was a large
set of double windows to the left and to the right of those were two small
windows. The first-floor front was
covered by an enclosed porch which ran the width of the house and round the
left end of the house.
The house was built in 1885 for Hans J. Christenson, an
employee of the Central Wisconsin Railroad.
The front porch which dominated the front of the house was not original
to the building as shown in a fire insurance map from 1903. What was there seems to have been a porch at
the right front corner of the house and another smaller porch on the east side
of the building. Obscured by the enclosed front, I was unable
to discern the fenestration beyond but based on other residences by Mr. Waters
I could imagen the unaltered front elevation.
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