| Additional Information: | 2024: This house is situated on the southeast corner of Wisconsin and Glenview avenues. It is two stories, sheathed with brick, and oriented to the north with an approximate 66-foot setback from Wisconsin Avenue. The structure is characterized by four, side-gabled roof planes that convey the sense of an inverted “W”. Three of four gabled peaks claim a small, narrow, arched window, while that to the northeast is occupied by the structure’s chimney. The primary entryway is centered in the nominally projecting gabled appendage on the right (west) side of the north sidewall and framed with limestone voussoirs. A single, narrow, arched window is above the door. To the left (east) of the entryway is a series of three, round-arched windows on the first floor, the outer two windows being slightly smaller than that in the center. Above the center window, in the second floor, are paired, double-hung windows that break the eave. The west side of the building is notable for its randomly placed windows though a narrowly-arched window is symmetrically located in the gabled peak. It is from the west side looking east that the inverted “W” created by the roof form becomes apparent. A single-car, garage door is at the south end of the west endwall. The house had previously been heavily covered with vines, now removed. The now bare walls appear to be in the process of being cleaned.
The permit for this structure was issued in June 1929 and R.W. Dwyer was the contractor who built it. The house was valued at about $11,000.00. The first residents are uncertain, though Alfred J. Horschak, a dentist, and his wife, Leona, lived there from at least 1936 to 1949. Thereafter was the house acquired by Joseph J. Altmann and his wife, Anne, who lived there from at least 1952 to 1961. Altmann was a buyer for the A&P company.
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Building Permit #226, 08 June 1929. On file in Permits Office, City of Wauwatosa, Wauwatosa, WI.
2. Wauwatosa City Directories, 1936-1961. Located at the Wauwatosa Public Library, Wauwatosa, WI. |
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