Property Record
1249 N FRANKLIN PL
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Mary B. Hawley House; Hawley-Bloodgood House |
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Other Name: | Index Inc. & Safeco Title Insurance |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 110312 |
Location (Address): | 1249 N FRANKLIN PL |
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County: | Milwaukee |
City: | Milwaukee |
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Year Built: | 1896 |
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Survey Date: | 2004 |
Historic Use: | house |
Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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Wall Material: | Cut Stone |
Architect: | Howland Russel |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | First Ward Triangle Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 3/19/1987 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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Additional Information: | "The Hawley House is a two and one half story residence on a high dressed limestone foundation with assymetrical massing and a steeply pitched intersecting gabled roof. The walls are finished in pressed brick and are trimmed with stone and terra cotta. The wall planes rise above the roof lines in steep gables topped with crocketeed coping. The house abuts the Bloodgood House on Knapp Street. The entry is recessed within a Tudor arch surfaced with smooth coursed, limestone. The windows are double-hung, single light sash with stone sills and lintels. It was designed by Milwaukee architect, Howland Russel. The major alteration was the removal of the oriel above the entry in 1960." (A). This massive brick, two and one half-story Gothic Revival house features carved stone trim and was built in 1896 and later. Another map name is 4th Aldermanic Distirct 289. Locally designated: 7/12/83. Previously surveyed in 1984 with map code 133/9. Map name was LUQS 359. |
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Bibliographic References: | (A). National Register Nomination form. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |