The Richard Guenther House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States, is a large, fine Queen Anne house designed by Waters and built by Jacob Rheiner in 1888 for Richard W. Guenther. Guenther was a Prussian immigrant who owned a drug store in Oshkosh, became Wisconsin state treasurer, U.S. representative, and consul to Mexico City, Frankfurt, and Cape Town. From 1906 to 1913 the large house hosted Dr. M. E. Corbett's new Lakeside Sanitorium and Training School for Nurses, the first hospital in Oshkosh, which later evolved into Mercy Medical Center.[2][3]
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| Location | 1200 Washington Ave., Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 44°1′5″N 88°31′18″W / 44.01806°N 88.52167°W |
| Built | 1888 |
| Architect | William Waters |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003824 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 1, 1984 |
Largely unaltered, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for its architectural significance, for its association with Guenther, and for its service as Oshkosh's first hospital.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b Baker, Dr. Bruce N. (November 1983). "Guenther, Richard, House". NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form. US Dept. of the Interior. National Park Service. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
- ^ "Richard Guenther House". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
