The Southside Historic District is a large, prestigious historic neighborhood in Racine, Wisconsin, including over 500 contributing structures in various architectural styles. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Select Buildings
Contributing buildings in the district were built from 1842 to 1924. Here is a selection roughly in the order built: The William and Eliza Hunt house at 1247 S. Main Street is a Greek Revival-styled house with a portico supported by four Ionic columns. Hunt had it built in the 1840s at the corner of Ninth and Main Streets. Henry Mitchell later had it moved to Ninth and Lake. Mrs. J.W. Knight had it moved in 1912 to its present location. The Wallis house at 820 S. Main Street was begun around 1849 by Isaac Taylor, a lumber merchant. Its style is Greek Revival. Alexander McClurg, president of the City Bank of Racine and railroad entrepreneur, bought it in 1854. Jerome I. Case bought the house in 1887 to give to his daughter and her husband Henry M. Wallis, who eventually became president of the Case Plow Works. The Wallises probably remodeled the house in 1895. It later housed a VFW clubhouse.
The Chauncey Hall House at 1235 S. Main Street, built in 1849, is one of the earliest surviving Gothic Revival houses in Wisconsin. It was built from bricks traded for suits that tailor Chauncey had made.