Bradley H. Marcy House - Eau Claire, WI
N 44° 48.288 W 091° 29.625
15T E 619118 N 4962370
The Bradley H. Marcy House, known locally as "The Cobblestone House" was built in 1866. It is located at 1011 State St. in Eau Claire, WI.
Waymark Code: WMH0G1
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2013
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From the City or Eau Claire Landmark Commission web site:
"Settlers from New York brought cobblestone architecture with them to southeastern Wisconsin. This house is the only example of cobblestone architecture in the Chippewa Valley. The setting of the pebbles in mortar seems more like the work of a jeweler than that of a mason.
Bradley Marcy, a stonemason and the original owner of the house, had these cobblestones gathered by wheelbarrow from the confluence of the Eau Claire and Chippewa Rivers. Dr. Charles Hogeboom added the left annex of the house, which appears to have been crafted by the same stonemason, in about 1879. An original L-shaped porch, which graced the front of the house, was removed in the 1950s."
According to the book Creoles of St. Louis Bradley Marcy was a descendant of William R. Marcy, Secretary of State under President Pierce. Bradley's daughter Etta married Charles C. Gratiot.