Property Record
1527 W NATIONAL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Our Lady of Mercy Academy & Convent |
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| Other Name: | Oakton Manor Senior Citizens Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 103903 |
| Location (Address): | 1527 W NATIONAL AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1901 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852021 |
| Historic Use: | monastery, convent, religious retreat |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Uehling & Linde |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 2021 This three story Romanesque Revival building was constructed in 1901 as Our Lady of Mercy Academy and Convent. The building was designed by Milwaukee architects Uehling & Linde. The H-shaped building is clad in painted brick with a raised basement and a hipped roof with a wide cornice with corbels. The front entrance, no longer in use, is marked by a portico with paired Ionic columns, pulvinated frieze, and a pediment with low relief tympanum sculpture. Fenestration is regular and consists of segmental-arched basement windows; rectangular double hung windows with elongated keystones on the first story; round-arched windows with continuous sills and terra cotta hood molding in the second story; and rectangular windows in the third story. The attic story contains several groups of hipped dormers. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Permit. Research Index. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |