The Abner L. Harris House is a historic house at 226 N. Pine Street in Reedsburg, Wisconsin.

Abner L. Harris House
Abner L. Harris House
Abner L. Harris House is located in Wisconsin
Abner L. Harris House
Location226 N. Pine St., Reedsburg, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°31′58″N 90°00′13″W / 43.53278°N 90.00361°W / 43.53278; -90.00361 (Abner L. Harris House)
Arealess than one acre
Built1873 (1873)
Built byWilliam Dierks
Architectural styleSecond Empire
MPSReedsburg MRA
NRHP reference No.84000649[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 26, 1984

History edit

The two-story house was built circa 1873 by carpenter William Dierks. Dierks gave the house a Second Empire design featuring a front porch supported by classical columns, multiple bay windows, a sunroom in the rear, a bracketed cornice, and a mansard roof with small arched dormers. Longtime owner Abner L. Harris bought the house in 1874. Harris served as both mayor and postmaster of Reedsburg, operated a large general store, and funded or was a partner in many of Reedsburg's early commercial and industrial endeavors. After Harris died in 1908, Mary Meyer Rudd and her descendants lived in the house for several decades.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Inventory Form For Nominated Properties: Abner L. Harris House". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "226 N. Pine St". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2018-09-26.