Property Record
2503 E NEWBERRY BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | GEORGE J. GRAEBNER HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27921 |
| Location (Address): | 2503 E NEWBERRY BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1924 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Newberry Boulevard Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/7/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/9/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | THE MASON CONTRACTOR WAS WALTER A. MEWES. ORIGINAL ESTIMATED COST OF CONSTRUCTION WAS $9,000. GRAEBNER WAS A MILWAUKEE NATIVE WHO WAS AN ATTORNEY. HE WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 14, 1887 AND ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IN MILWAUKEE. HE THEN ATTENDED LAW SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN AND GRADUATED IN 1909. HE OPENED A PRIVATE LAW PRACTICE IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE AND IN 1912 FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH J.L. O'CONNOR; IT DISSOLVED IN 1915. HE PRACTICED ON HIS OWN AND BY 1931 HE WAS APPOINTED COURT COMMISSIONER OF MILWAUKEE CO. HE LIVED HERE UNTIL AT LEAST 1940. BY 1950 MAITLAND J. MCCUEN LIVED HERE. Photo code is CW1-20. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PERMIT. CITY DIRECTORIES. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |