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The Alexander Noble House, built in 1875, is a historic
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Greek Revival
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...
farmhouse located in Fish Creek, Door County, Wisconsin
Door County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,066. Its county seat is Sturgeon Bay. It is named after the strait between the Door Peninsula and Washington Island. The dangero ...
on Wisconsin Highway 42
State Trunk Highway 42 (often called Highway 42, STH-42 or WIS 42) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs for north–south in northeast Wisconsin from Sheboygan to the ferry dock in Northport. Much of the highway is p ...
. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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on February 23, 1996.
Description and history
Alexander Noble, one of the founders of Fish Creek, was born inEdinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of ...
in 1829 and moved to Fish Creek in 1863. He served the community as blacksmith, postmaster, town chairman, and county board member.
Today, the restored Noble House contains many of its original furnishings and artifacts. The home's authentic room settings depict the period from 1875 to 1900. The house offers tours that portray life in Door County over a century ago, depicting the village as a thriving fishing and shipping village with horse-drawn wagons traveling the dirt streets.
The house is run as a nonprofit institution operated by the Gibraltar Historical Association, Box 323, Fish Creek, WI 54212.
References
External links
The Door County Historic Noble House
by John Kahlert, ''Door County Advocate'', March 18, 1976 {{DEFAULTSORT:Noble, Alexander, House Historic house museums in Wisconsin Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Museums in Door County, Wisconsin Scottish-American history Houses in Door County, Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin Houses completed in 1868 Greek Revival houses in Wisconsin