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1508-1510 N FARWELL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1508-1510 N FARWELL AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
1508-1510 N FARWELL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:
Other Name:The Hook & Eye et al
Contributing:
Reference Number:106547
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1508-1510 N FARWELL AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1884
Additions:
Survey Date:200420102019
Historic Use:duplex/two-flat
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:Yes
Demolished Date:2021
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:This structure is representative of frame Victorian residences.

Surveyed in 1986 with map code 260/13. Map name was LUQS 359.

2010: This is a one-and-one-half-story, clapboard-sided, front-gabled building with gabled and flat roof wings. It displays basic elements of the Italianate style. The first story contains a large, squared, bay window with a leaded glass transom. To the right of this window is a small porch with turned posts, a spindlework frieze and modern metal railings. Fenestration consists of one-over-one, double-hung windows resting under modest, arched decorative wooden hoods. A flat-roof, clapboard-sided block projects from the rear (southeast) of the building.

Constructed circa 1884, this building lacks an original permit. In 1921, laborer Joseph Letizia and his wife Rose lived in the residence. By 1929, a commercial laundry was located on the first floor. In 1937, Jos. McRavey lived at the residence and Alois Stemplinger operated a shoe repair business.

Resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research.

2021: To be razed due to fire damage in 2019.
Bibliographic References:Tax Program. City directories. City of Milwaukee Intensive Survey Form--1508-1510 N. Farwell Avenue
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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