Property Record
1913 E OLIVE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Erwin F. and Perle Cords House |
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| Reference Number: | 16926 |
| Location (Address): | 1913 E OLIVE ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Shorewood |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 1985 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | Ernest Flagg |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Cords, Erwin, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/12/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County'. 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. Cotswold Cottage. One of the Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County (listed on NRHP: 9/12/85). This one and one half story Flagg System house has a limestone exterior and faces west. The overall dimensions are 25 x 36 feet plus a one story open porch. There is a steep gable composition roof. The house is placed endwise on the lot. Originally, there were three pairs of ridge dormers, but a former owner closed them. There are six gable dormers and two chimneys with distinctive round openings. The separate frame garage is not a significant part of this nomination. There is a stone fireplace in the living room. Casement windows open inward. There is a beam and girder ceiling in the living room. There is a partial basement and the laundry room is on the first floor. A partition was removed from the front bedroom to make a bedroom from the former bedroom and sewing room. There is a built-in storage space under the roof, and no attic. The partitions are 1 3/4 inches thick. This house is architecturally significant because it is one of a group of stone masonry houses built in Milwaukee County by Arnold F. Meyer according to Ernest Flagg's method of construction. It is the first house of this group to be built in Milwaukee County. The plan for the house is similar to one on plate 20B in Flagg's book on small houses. It is also like the "McCall Magazine" demonstration home of 1924. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Building Permit # 96, Village of Shorewood. House was featured on Historic Milwaukee's 2002 home tour entitled, Storybook Style. See tour booklet. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |