Iverson-Johnson House
Stoughton, United States
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Visible from the street; the inside is private.
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Built in 1898 for Dr. Michael Iverson, a Norwegian-born physician who had established a successful medical practice in Stoughton, Wisconsin, this Queen Anne house stands as a striking example of ethnic pride rendered in architectural ornament. Constructed by builder A.E. Ovran from clapboard with a hip roof and four gables, the two-story residence is crowned with an unusual feature: narrow carved dragon heads jutting from each gable peak, said to be symbols of good luck in Norwegian tradition. The gables themselves are embellished with bargeboards and carved crosspieces. Among its distinctive details are a window reportedly from Norway's first church to use glass, dated 1700, a round greenhouse at one corner, and a speaking tube at the side entrance through which patients could consult with Dr. Iverson from his upstairs bedroom. The interior originally contained a parlor, music room, doctor's office, and maid's room. After Iverson relocated his family to the new Scandinavian-American Hospital in 1905, the house passed to Peter Norman Johnson, a retired Norwegian-American farmer, whose descendants occupied it into the late twentieth century.
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- Built
- Type
- house
- Materials
- clapboard
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Stoughton, United States
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