Woltersdorf House
751 2nd Avenue
1893, Queen Anne

“Woltersdorf immigrated from Germany in 1858 and moved to Eau Claire in 1874 where he worked in a bookbindery and a barbershop before becoming a partner in a cigar manufacturing business with Charles West in 1891. The West-Woltersdorf Cigar Store was located at 771 First Avenue. Frederick and his wife Mary had one daughter, Hazel. Hazel became the principal of Bartlett (Third Ward) School and resided in the home after her parent’s deaths.
The front of this late Queen Anne residence is dominated by a Classically inspired porch consisting of a rusticated masonry base supporting substantial Ionic columns. The Classical elements include large urns at the ends of the stair and are repeated in a small side entry on the south.”

Quoted from: Eau Claire Landmarks Commission. Eau Claire Landmarks: Designated Historic Properties in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 2002.