Houses & Residential Streets

The Daniel Lucius Kimberly house, built in 1875. House stood at 569 E Wisconsin Ave. At the time of its building the house was described as an "elegant new residence... adorned by plaster cornice, moulding, panels, etc., in a way that would astonish most people." Daniel's father, Harvey Kimberly, had passed the Neenah Flouring Mill on to his son, Daniel, who was also an investor in the Neenah Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Co. Daniel married Nettie Hewitt whose father, Henry, had made a fortune in wooden ware, banking, and land speculation. In 1974, Daniel's father-in-law was worth $150,000. When Daniel died in 1892, he left his widow, Nettie; one daughter, Mabel; and three sons: Augustus, Henry, and Daniel. This two-story house had a low pitched roof, widely overhanging eaves with decorative brackets beneath, tall narrow windows, and a square tower. It was built in the Victorian Italianate style. The Victorian style called for the elaborate and imaginative use of paint to draw attention to the structural detail. In Neenah, however, the use of paint was rarely exuberant. This house and the Ellis Jennings house on Forest Avenue were the exceptions. Nettie Hewitt Kimberly was nothing if she wasn't exuberant, and her house displayed her courageous decorating taste.


	The Daniel Lucius Kimberly house, built in 1875. House stood at 569 E Wisconsin Ave. At the time of its building the house was described as an "elegant new residence... adorned by plaster cornice, moulding, panels, etc., in a way that would astonish most people." Daniel's father, Harvey Kimberly, had passed the Neenah Flouring Mill on to his son, Daniel, who was also an investor in the Neenah Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Co. Daniel married Nettie Hewitt whose father, Henry, had made a fortune in wooden ware, banking, and land speculation. In 1974, Daniel's father-in-law was worth $150,000. When Daniel died in 1892, he left his widow, Nettie; one daughter, Mabel; and three sons: Augustus, Henry, and Daniel. This two-story house had a low pitched roof, widely overhanging eaves with decorative brackets beneath, tall narrow windows, and a square tower. It was built in the Victorian Italianate style. The Victorian style called for the elaborate and imaginative use of paint to draw attention to the structural detail. In Neenah, however, the use of paint was rarely exuberant. This house and the Ellis Jennings house on Forest Avenue were the exceptions. Nettie Hewitt Kimberly was nothing if she wasn't exuberant, and her house displayed her courageous decorating taste.
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