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Show 215________ 'Architect/Builder: Peter Mickel Building Materials: brick_________ Building Type/Style: pattern book Description of physical appearance & significant architectural features: (Include additions, alterations, ancillary structures, and landscaping if applicable) This house is basically a variant of the gable-facade "T" house plan book type, but the roof is hipped not the standard gable.. The distinctive feature of this house is the finely turned spindled porch work and its excellent condition. Statement of Historical Significance: ^ O to I D D D D D Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts :Commerce D D D D D Communication Conservation Education Exploration/Settlement Industry D D a D D Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation D D D D Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation : One of the best examples of pattern book architecture remaining in Spring City. Significant historically as the best preserved later nineteenth-century/early twentiethcentury smaller home in town. The plat records point to Peter Mickel as the original owner and builder but the house is associalted locally with David Sorensen. 1870 Charles E. Kofford; 1876 Andrew N. Olsen $140; 1879 Charles E. Ericksen $100; 1882 Michael Jensen $240; Pete? P. and Anna Mickel 1900. Anna Mickel sells to Hans Nielsen and Frank Cronforth 1901 $1000, deeded back to Anna Mickel 1902 $10; sold to Mary Sorensen for $500 1903. David and Mary Sorensen lived here for many years. |
