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Farr House

  • Also Known As: Governor Peter Norbeck House also Downes Apartments
  • Address: 106 E Wynoka St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1904/00/00 Dr Mary Noyes-Farr Significant name Colonel Farr's wife, Dr Mary Noyes-Farr originally planned to use this house as a hospital.
1904/00/00 E J Donahue Architect Built for Colonel Farr, Civil War veteran and Vice President of the National Bank of Commerce
1917/00/00 Peter Norbeck Home Governor Peter Norbeck home from 1917 to 1921

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Particulars for Farr House:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Revival
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Historic Use Single dwelling
Area of Significance Social History



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th December 1980

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Farr House
Registry Address: 106 E. Wynoka St.
Registry Number: 80003723
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Donahue,E.J.
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Other
Attribute: Georgian Revival
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Politics-government, Architecture, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1904
Associated People: Noyes-Farr,Dr. Mary,et al.
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Multiple dwelling

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