Edgar Sawyer House

Edgar Sawyer House (HMDRI)

Location: Oshkosh, WI 54901 Winnebago County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 2.016', W 88° 33.47'

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Oshkosh lumberman, banker and financier Edgar P. Sawyer hired noted local architect William Waters to design this Tudor Revival style house in 1907. Constructed of brick and limestone with parapeted gables and fluted chimneys, the house featured interior furnishings by Tiffany Studios including art glass, bronze grilles, tapestries, light fixtures and furniture. A city showpiece, the residence reflected Oshkosh's vast lumbering wealth. Edgar Sawyer donated his house to the City of Oshkosh in 1922, and it became the Oshkosh Public Museum in 1924.
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Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number347
Year Placed1997
Placed ByThe Wisconsin Historical Society
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Date Added Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 at 10:55am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 375172 N 4876784
Decimal Degrees44.03360000, -88.55783333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 2.016', W 88° 33.47'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 2' 0.96" N, 88° 33' 28.20" W
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Area Code(s)920
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1201-1323 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh WI 54901, US
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  1. I visited this museum within the past year. I think it is great to see that historical homes like this one are being preserved and open to the public as museums. What I really liked about this museum, were the intact areas of the home that you could walk through, what I didn't like were the areas which had been added onto or converted for other purposes such as for the display of artifacts. Also, from what I had seen, I speculate that much of the Sawyer house may have been destroyed at some point, intentionally perhaps to make it into a museum, for example there are no original bathrooms or bedrooms accessible to the public, if they are there they were not part of what was accessible to the public during my visit. Walking through this museum seemed like a cross section of the original home with newer attached structures. Also, the carriage house looks magnificent from the outside, but you can't walk through it as part of the museum, by talking with staff at the museum and information on the internet I conclude that the carriage house is being used for storage. This location is a fun place, with a lot of beauty and history, especially the front of the home which from what I could see is still for the most part intact, as I walked though this portion of the property I almost felt as if I was really there in the original house as a complete unit, until I started walking around and see that portions of it are not what I would consider structurally historical. This is just an opinion piece, based on my experience as a visitor at this location which is now a public museum. I do not work for the museum and am not an expert on historical properties. Overall I recommend a visit to this location, for what has been preserved as the Sawyer house.

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