Design Repeat

The reuse of a design has previously been discussed in this blog.  If Mr. Waters had a plan a client liked, he would use it again.  In 1900 architect Waters drew plans for *Peter King’s residence on Waugoo and a residence for Nic Stein on North Park Avenue, aka Parkway, the buildings were mirror images of each other.  Nic Stein was the proprietor of a sample room on Main Street and had been employed as a book keeper for another bar owner, Peter Stein, perhaps his brother. **Peter Stein also had a house designed by William Waters.  The bar business must have been lucrative for the Kings  and Steins all had new houses built about the same time.   

But Nic Stein was not the only one to have a house based on the Peter King design, Henry L. Sorenson of Neenah had a house of the same plan built on Church Street in the Sherrytown neighborhood.  

The dwelling was, with but a few alterations the same as King’s house on Waugoo in Oshkosh.  Mr. Sorenson was a partner with George Barlow in the Badger Furniture Store on W. Wisconsin Avenue, and his home would have been in easy walking distance from the store, HHHHH

* See, The Kings of Waugoo 7/10/2017

** See, Bells of St Mary’s 9/16 2017