Property Record
2526-2528 W GREENFIELD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Roland Ransom Plumbing Shop |
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| Reference Number: | 230077 |
| Location (Address): | 2526-2528 W GREENFIELD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 2015 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Commercial Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Davis & Tuckwell (architect) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Designed by the architectural firm Davis & Tuckwell, this building was constructed in 1924 and first served as Roland Ransom’s plumbing shop. He operated the business into the mid 1940s. Aloysius Hoffman began operating his plumbing business at this location as early as 1950. 2015- "This two-story, brick commercial building displays a storefront infilled with board-and-batten siding and two small, double-hung sash windows. The upper level is pierced by two tripartite sets of four-over-one, double-hung sashes flanked by raised brick and underlined with a limestone sill. Metal-clad pents top each window grouping. The parapet is adorned with multiple vertical stacks of raised brick. Limestone decorates the parapet cap and several small blocks of the material also decorate the upper facade. Designed by the architectural firm Davis & (Walter) Tuckwell, this building was constructed in 1924 and first served as Roland Ransom's plumbing shop. He operated the business into the mid 1940s. Aloysius Hoffman began operating his plumbing business at this location as early as 1950." - "W. Greenfield Ave, S 35th St (west) to S. Cesar Chavez Dr (east)", WISDot #2230-00-04, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Faltinson), (2015). |
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| Bibliographic References: | City Directories; Sanborn Maps; Building Permits. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |