Outside it has a low roof with wide overhanging eaves, which are worn by decorative brackets, high, narrow windows that are dressed with heavy cast iron and a veranda with beveled columns. One page has a written off veranda.
The house is “the most complex and most intact examples of the Italian architecture style in Minneapolis,” says his 1983 application for the National Register.
“The house is an important architectural element in the vicinity of other stately houses and serves as an excellent example of the style of the 19th century,” says the application. “As one of the few of those representatives of the highly styles of Italian Villa design, the Woodbury House is important in the continuum of the city's architectural history.”
When it was built, the St. Anthony Democrat praised the house, as in “Hidden in sight, Minneapolis' first quarter” by Penny A. Petersen, published by the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association.
“Woodbury Fisk had just finished and moved to one of the best residences in the city. Maybe we should say the best,” said the newspaper. “The location is pleasant, extraordinary and should be more every year.”
The Woodbury Fisk House in the Marcy-Holmes district in Minneapolis The Fisk House still has original Tiffany lamps, chandeliers, lead glass windows and other details. (Joe Karlisch/Home Home Photography)
In an interview, Petersen said that the house was held. “It is remarkably well preserved; Sally took care of it very well.”