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233 S EAST AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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233 S EAST AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
233 S EAST AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Franklin Buchner Residence
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Contributing:
Reference Number:203061
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):233 S EAST AVE
County:Waukesha
City:Waukesha
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1922
Additions:
Survey Date:2011
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Bungalow
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
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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:Directories list Franklin and Marie Buchner as the first occupants of this home, which was constructed in 1923. Bucher worked at the Waukesha Gas & Electric Company and sold the building to Nelson Jones by 1925. In 1927, Arthur T. Ryall, who was a clerk with the firm J.K. Randle & Son, lived at this address with his wife, Emma, between 1927 and 1936. In 1940, the property was inhabited by Edythe Newby, with Ryall returning by 1947. By this time, he was a funeral director at the Randall Funeral Home. Ryall lived in the house into the late 1950s and it was taken over by Norman Thoresen by 1961.

2011- "This brick-clad, one-and-one-half-story bungalow is sheathed with brick and topped with a multiple-gable roof. The open eave gables are supported by board purlins. The primary (west) fatyade displays on its north (left) side a gabled entry block with a wooden dootway on its south side and a tripartite grouping of three-over-one, double-hung sashes on the west side. The right (south) side of the main facade on the first floor is pierced by a picture window with six-light transom flanked by three-over-one, double-hung sashes. Heavy foliage limits views of side facades.

Directories list Franklin and Marie Buchner as the first occupants of this home, which was constructed in 1923. Bucher worked at the Waukesha Gas & Electric Company and sold the building to Nelson Jones by 1925. In 1927, Arthur T. Ryall, who was a clerk with the firm J.K. Randle & Son, lived at this address with his wife, Emma, between 1927 and 1936. In 1940, the propetty was inhabited by Edythe Newby, with Ryall returning by 1947. By this time, he was a funeral director at the Randall Funeral Home. Ryall lived in the house into the late 1950s and it was taken over by Norman Thoresen by 1961."
-"S East Avenue: E Sunset Dr (south) to Wabash Ave (north)", WisDOT#2718-12-00, Prepared by Heritage Research,Ltd.(Faltinson), 2011.
Bibliographic References:Directories, Sanborn Maps, Assessor records. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct S. East Ave.: Sunset Dr. To College Ave., Waukesha.” WHS project number 12-0262/WK. June 2011. Prepared by heritage Research, Ltd.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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