Jens and Ingeborg Cold House

Stoughton, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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Heritage registerNational Register of Historic Places↗

The Jens and Ingeborg Cold House in Stoughton, Wisconsin, began as a modest 1.5-story, side-gabled structure of load-bearing brick, likely constructed in 1858. Norwegian immigrant Jens Cold and his wife Ingeborg purchased the property in 1875, and in 1898 they undertook a substantial remodeling that transformed it into a Queen Anne-style residence. The expansion added a distinctive two-story section featuring a corner tower, asymmetrical massing, bay window, and hip roof, while the original structure was updated with floor-to-ceiling French doors and a front-facing dormer embellished with bargeboards and patterned shingles. Both portions are unified in red brick, and the front entrance shelters beneath a porch supported by turned posts crowned with sunburst decoration. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.