Building date: 1866
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Masons who worked on building: Bradley C. Marcy
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Address is Google Earth confirmed; 44°48'17.85"N 91°29'38.93"W. Current owner of record, Roberts as of the 2019 Tax Roll.
City of Eau Clare and Eau Clare County Maps.
The Joel B. Roberts house at 1011 State St., Eau Clare, is of "Gothic Revival" architecture. It was built in 1866 by Bradley C. Marcy, a stone mason who came from New York State. Additions were made in 1876 and 1916. Stones were gathered from the nearby Eau Claire and Chippewa rivers. Inner stones came from local quarries. It is believed to be the only cobblestone house in northwestern Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register in 1974 and the Wisconsin State Register in 1989. Richard Palmer blog.
"Settlers from New York brought cobblestone architecture with them to southeastern Wisconsin. This house is the only example of cobblestone architecture in the Chippewa Valley. The setting of the pebbles in mortar seems more like the work of a jeweler than that of a mason. Bradley Marcy, a stonemason and the original owner of the house, had these cobblestones gathered by wheelbarrow from the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers." Thomas Henneman Photography Cobblestone Buildings in Wisconsin, Eau Claire #2
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National Register of Historic Places Registration
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¹ Photography courtesy Martin and Sheila Wolfish.
² Photography courtesy Richard Palmer blog. Attribution not provided.
³ Photography courtesy Richard Palmer blog. Attribution Thomas Henneman Photography.
