News: Neillsville - Tufts House (National Register - 2012)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Tufts
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/08/2012
Tufts House in Neillsville National Register (Historic Places - 2012)
William B. and Jennie Tufts House in Neillsville Listed in National Register of
Historic Places
The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the William B. and
Jennie Tufts House in Neillsville in the National Register of Historic Places.
National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including
qualification for grants and for rehabilitation income tax credits, while it
does not restrict private property owners in the use of their property.
The 1934 William B. and Jennie Tufts House is an excellent example of the
popularity and spread of the Spanish Revival styles in the 1920s and 1930s and
is the finest example of the style found in Neillsville. It is unknown how the
Tufts were influenced to select this style for their new house.
While widely adapted in the West, Southwest and Florida, examples of the style
are relatively rare in Wisconsin. In addition to the house, the larger Tufts
property reflected the influence of the style, displaying an arcaded shed and
now no longer extant decorative fountain and rounded arch rear gate. Elements of
Spanish design are carried through to the interior, displaying twist columns and
decorative iron work.
The register is the official national list of historic properties in America
deemed worthy of preservation and is maintained by the National Park Service in
the U. S. Department of the Interior. The Wisconsin Historical Society
administers the program within Wisconsin. It includes sites, buildings,
structures, objects and districts that are significant in national, state or
local history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture.
To learn more about the state and national register programs in Wisconsin, visit
www.wisconsinhistory.org/hp.
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