401 - 409 East Main Street (south side)
401 East Main Street (Annie Spaanem House)
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401 East Main Street
This frame gabled-ell house was erected for Annie Spaanem in 1890 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). During the 1890s, she worked as a carpet weaver, perhaps from her home. The house has a front porch with Doric columns and paneled rails, but has been aluminum-sided. Spaanem sold the house to Dr. Peter Gilberson in 1900, and he lived in the house until 1908. Dr. Gilberson came from Fennimore in 1895 (Mount Horeb Times, April 4, 1895) and moved on in 1908 (Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory). Later long-time residents were Ole and Cordelia Bjelde, in this house from about 1911 until the early 1950s (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). This property was owned by Annie Spaanem from 1890 until 1900, by Dr. Peter Gilberson from 1900 until 1908, by Halvor Kellesvig from 1908 until 1911, by Ole Bjelde from 1911 until at least 1950, by Roy Beat from at least 1955 until at least 1960, by Kittleson and Syverud in 1965, by Bert Pfister from at least 1970 until at least 1975, and by Leland and Nancy Vogel since at least 1980 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). The Spaanem House is not individually eligible for historic designation. |
407 East Main Street ([Jacob] G. Lingard/Henry L. Dahle House)
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407 East Main Street
This frame gabled-ell house was constructed for [Jacob G.] G. Lingard in 1898 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). It exhibits the influence of the Queen Anne style in the oriel windows, one of which features a Queen Anne leaded-glass window with colored lights. The house's integrity is compromised by the asbestos siding, the second-story porch and the altered main entrance. Lingard may have built this house on speculation. Henry L. Dahle bought the house in 1899 and retained ownership for twenty years. Henry Dahle was a jeweler and optician, and worked in partnership with Olaf Berg from at least 1900 until at least 1914 (Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory). Frank and Gertie Dyer were also long-time residents of the house, here from at least 1925 until 1950 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). Frank Dyer was a painter. This property was owned by G. Lingard in 1898-1899, by Henry Dahle from 1899 until 1919, by K.K. Kjorlie from 1919 until at least 1922, by Frank Dwyer [Dyer?] from at least 1925 until 1950, by Andrew Gesme in 1950, by John Durchey in 1955, by Alfred Lenherr from 1955 until at least 1975, by Edward and Marcella Anderson in 1975, by Leland and Nancy Vogel from at least 1980 until 1982, and by Darlene Diehm Lockard since 1982 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). The Lingard/Dahle House is not individually eligible for historic designation. |
409 East Main Street(Onon B. Dahle House)
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409 East Main Street
This brick Queen Anne house was erected as a retirement home for Onon B. Dahle and his wife in 1895. The firm of Thomas Ayen and Andrew Holum were contractors (Mount Horeb Times, June 20, 1895). This is an outstanding and intact example of a Queen Anne house, which combines brick, rock-faced stone and wood, and features a round corner tower with conical roof, a canted two-story bay, and a wrap-around front porch with paired Doric columns. Onon Dahle was the founder of the Onon B. Dahle and Son General Store, which was located at 201-09 East Main Street (which see). He never actually worked in Mount Horeb; his sons Herman B. and Theodore operated the Mount Horeb branch of the general store. This house was in the Dahle family until at least 1910 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls). In 1922, Dr. Homer Buckner opened a 22-bed hospital in the building, which he maintained until 1940. Buckner came to Mount Horeb from Prairie Du Sac in 1918. Buckner served as attending physician at St. Olaf's Hospital at 400 West Main Street until at least 1922, and perhaps as late as 1925 (Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory). The Wisconsin Industrial Commission closed the hospital in 1940 because the building was not sufficiently fire-proof. Dr. Buckner then relocated to Dodgeville. Dr. H.A. Anderson's medical practice was located in this building from 1942 until 1944 (Mount Horeb Presettlement to 1986, p. 43). In 1944, Dr. Abner Kjervik opened an office in this building, remaining until 1961 (Village of Mount Horeb Tax Rolls; (Mount Horeb Presettlement to 1986, p. 43). The building was then divided up into apartments. This property was owned by Onon B. Dahle from 1895 until 1905, by H.L. Dahle from 1905 until at least 1910, by Carl Grimstead from at least 1915 until 1920, by Dr. Homer Buckner from 1920 until 1940, by Judson Forman in 1940, by Dr. Abner Kjervik from 1945 until at least 1975, and by John Anderson since at least 1980. The Dahle House is individually eligible for designation as a Mount Horeb Historic Site and for listing on the National Register as a fine and intact Queen Anne residence. It may also be eligible for its use as a hospital. 
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