529 E OKLAHOMA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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529 E OKLAHOMA AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
529 E OKLAHOMA AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:F. KLECZKA HOUSE
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Reference Number:16004
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):529 E OKLAHOMA AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1925
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Survey Date:1990
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Spanish/Mediterranean Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: JOHN MENGE, JR.
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Jazzed-up Spanish Colonial period house.

This residence, built for restaurateur Frank Kleczka, is one of Milwaukee's most imaginative Mediterranean Revival houses. With its eccentric shape and jarring tile roofs, it resembles the expressionist artists’ colony at Worpswede near Bremen in Northern Germany. The landscaping, including an arched gateway at the entrance to the yard, reinforces the house’s picturesque appearance.

The bungalow has a low-slung, ground-hugging character that accents its clay-tile roof. Small scrolled parapets garnishing the front entry vestibule and dormer prop up the smaller chimney. The taller of the two chimneys terminates with a tiny tiled roof, a whimsical feature. A round-arch motif recurs in stuccoed and brick-trimmed portals and windows on all sides of the house, including an attractive brick bay window on the Quincy Avenue elevation.
Bibliographic References:PERMIT. BUILT IN MILWAUKEE, LANDSCAPE RESEARCH, P. 55. Tax Program. Building permit. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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