Property Record
3765 S CLEMENT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Philip Boos Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 115429 |
| Location (Address): | 3765 S CLEMENT AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1860 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Unknown |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Although this house has been severely altered (fenestration and siding), it is one of the few surviving pre-Civil War farmhouses in the Town of Lake. Construction date, circa 1860; later alterations. (1) P. Boos (?) Original Owner, farm residence. (2) HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE : Home of philip Boos (Bass?), a native of Rhine, Prussia, who settled in the Town of Lake in 1848. He made his living as a farmer and gardener. No original building permit on file. |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Tax Program. 2. Illustrated Hist. Atlas of Milwaukee County (H. Belden, 1876). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |