The house was home to James T. Lewis, the ninth Governor of Wisconsin.

The two-story Italianate house features a low hip roof topped by a cupola, a cornice with paired brackets, tall windows, and a wraparound porch supported by Tuscan columns.

Lewis sold the house to his brother shortly after it was completed; local businessman Fred A. Stare, who managed the Columbus Canning Company, bought the house in 1917.

[3] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 9, 1982.

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