Property Record
1516 W FOREST HOME AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | 11th District #1 School |
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| Other Name: | Forest Home Avenue School |
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| Reference Number: | 111142 |
| Location (Address): | 1516 W FOREST HOME AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1909 |
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| Additions: | 1966 |
| Survey Date: | 19802019 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Leenhouts & Guthrie; Car Lloyd Ames (1966 addition) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Original cost was $103,000. Building was dedicated 4/3/1909. The Eleventh District School No. 1 was designed in 1910 by Leenhouts & Guthrie and originally contained twenty-five classrooms. The school is clad in brick with stone trim and a metal cornice. The school displays restrained elements of the Classical Revival style such as rusticated pilasters, a classical cornice, and an arched stone entry surround with pilasters and full entablature. Several of the windows have been filled in, and the remainder of the windows are replacements that retain the original mullion patterns. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Pieplow, p. 14. 'Our Roots Grow Deep, 1836-1967' Milwaukee Public Schools, p.164. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |