Property Record
N63 W5864-68 COLUMBIA RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Gruhl House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 13294 |
| Location (Address): | N63 W5864-68 COLUMBIA RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Cedarburg |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Survey Date: | 1988 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Columbia Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/22/1992 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 10/25/1991 |
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| Additional Information: | FRAME SIDE ADDITIONS STONE SILLS AND SEGMENTAL ARCH LINTELS W/KEYSTONES TRANSOM OVER DOOR 1/2 ROUND WINDOW IN GABLE Frederick Gruhl and his wife Christine probably built this house. Fred was born in Prussia ca 1823. Christina was born in Germany ca 1840 and came to the U.S. in 1852, one year after Fred. Fred was a carpenter. Together they had 10 children, four of whom lived to adulthood. Son Fred worked in a planing mill for a while (ca 1880). The senior Gruhls were still living here in 1910. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Ed Rappold. U.S. Census, 1870, 1880, 1910. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |