Property Record
1942 S MUSKEGO
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Lorenz Paetzold House |
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| Reference Number: | 111364 |
| Location (Address): | 1942 S MUSKEGO |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1878 |
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| Additions: | 1894 |
| Survey Date: | 1976 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Slate |
| Architect: | Lorenz Paetzold |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Paetzold reportedly brought the slate with him from Germany. Slate roofs abound in Milwaukee, but this house designed by carpenter Lorenze Paetzold is the only building with slate siding. Paetzold purchased this two-acre lot in 1878 and Paetzold built this modest house that features his creative handwork as a carpenter and slater. This simple wing and gable displays the owner’s skillful use of slate, with diamond-shaped and slightly rounded slate tiles applied in patterns reminiscent of wood shingle siding and quoins. Large diamond slates sheathe the roof. Inside the house, Paetzold used his imaginative carpentry skills to create custom cabinets and trim molding. His daughter moved into the house after his death in 1919, and lived there until 1970, when she died. "Steeply pitched gabled roofs and deep gray, patterned slate siding lend this home an old world char. Its builder and first owner was Lorenz Paetzold, a carpenter." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Pagel, p. 33. Zimmermann, The Past in Our Present, v. 2, pp. 12-14. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |