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4912 N Port Washington Road | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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4912 N Port Washington Road

Architecture and History Inventory
4912 N Port Washington Road | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Howard Perschbacher Property
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Reference Number:239462
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):4912 N Port Washington Road
County:Milwaukee
City:Glendale
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1943
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Survey Date:2019
Historic Use:apartment/condominium
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
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Wall Material:Brick
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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:2019 (by Heritage Research, Ltd.) - Easily defined by its prominent, white, standing seam metal roof, this relatively simple, unadorned structure on the east side of N. Port Washington Road embodies a Colonial Revival influence. The tan brick facility has a centered, dominant wall dormer set in which, on the second floor, is a pair of six-light sashes with a vertical brick window head and a keystone. Immediately beneath that window is a shallow, gabled roof that shelters the front porch and its doorway. The porch is supported by a single, squared wooden post in each of its two outer corners. To either side of the porch are openings, each with a centered, twenty-five light picture window, to either side of which are multiple-light, double-hung sashes, each crowned by a scalloped window head. Above those first floor units, on the second floor, are two very similar, though slightly shorter, window units. The north and south endwalls each have very modest gable returns and claim seven windows that are symmetrically placed, three on the first floor, three on the second and a narrow opening in the gable peak. Concrete sills are found on all windows. Several of the extant windows appear to be single-pane, double-hung sash replacements.

Purchased by his brother john, also a real estate practitioner, James Callan sold this property on 15 July 1942. John then sold the property to Howard Pershbacher, a clerk, on 15 February 1943.
Bibliographic References:Architecture/History Survey of I-43 from Capitol Drive (south) to a point 2100' north of Hampton Avenue (north) in Milwaukee & Glendale, Milwaukee County, WI, July 1, 2019. WHS Project #19-1461, prepared by John N. Vogel.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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