{{short description|Historic house in Wisconsin, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Oviatt House | nrhp_type = | image = OviattHouseUWOshkosh.jpg | caption = Oviatt House | location= 842 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh, Wisconsin | coordinates = {{coord|44|01|38|N|88|33|06|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Oviatt House|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Wisconsin#USA | mapframe = yes | mapframe-marker = building | mapframe-zoom = 12 |mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Oviatt House | built = {{Start date|1883}} | architect = William Waters | architecture = Gothic Revival | added = August 27, 1979 | area = {{convert|1.2|acre}} | refnum = 79000121<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}
The '''Oviatt House''' is located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
==History== The house was designed by Waters and built in 1883 for Moses Hooper. Hooper was an Oshkosh attorney who represented Kimberly-Clark among others, and was such an authority on riparian rights that he appeared before the US Supreme Court repeatedly. In 1900 the house was bought by Dr. Charles Oviatt, a noted surgeon who insisted that nuns assisting in surgery wear sterilized garb rather than woolen habits, and eventually received a letter of agreement from Pope Leo XIII.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Noyes|first1=Edward|title=Moses Hooper House|url={{NRHP url|id=79000121}}|accessdate=2015-04-18|work=NRHP Inventory-Nomination Form|agency=National Park Service|publisher=US Dept. of the Interior|date=1979-02-21}}</ref>
After Oviatt's death, the house was purchased by what is now the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The school has used it as a girl's dormitory, the president's residence and a charity headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uwosh.edu/oldarchives/househistory/oviatt.htm|title=House Tour: Oviatt House|publisher=University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh|accessdate=2018-04-09}}</ref> In 1979, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and it was also listed on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR422|title=842 Algoma Blvd.|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2018-04-09}}</ref>
It is located in the Oshkosh State Normal School Historic District.
==References== {{reflist}}
{{University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh}}
Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Category:National Register of Historic Places in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Category:University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh Category:Houses in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Category:Buildings and structures in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Category:Gothic Revival architecture in Wisconsin Category:Limestone buildings in the United States Category:Houses completed in 1883