Property Record
815 MILWAUKEE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Joseph Duvall House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 32821 |
| Location (Address): | 815 MILWAUKEE ST |
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| County: | Kewaunee |
| City: | Kewaunee |
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| Year Built: | 1881 |
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| Survey Date: | 1992 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Marquette Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/4/1993 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/23/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. 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. In 1881, Joseph Duvall, a leading merchant and grain elevator operator, built the neighborhood's first mansion, a cream brick Italianate edifice with pedimented gables and octagonal bay windows. The front porch was replaced and a side porch converted into a sunroom, probably in the 1910s or 1920s. Today the building serves as a bed-and-breakfast inn. Joseph Duvall had come from Canada in 1852 and worked as a timber foreman in a firm owned by George Grimmer. Duvall soon joined Grimmer's firm as a partner and, when it dissolved, took over the company's store and developed it into a substantial enterprise. He engaged in other business enterprises including a grain elevator and Lake Michigan shipping line. Joseph Duvall lived in this house until his death in 1912 when his son George, also a prominent businessman, moved in with his wife Maude. George lived here until his own death in 1963. George and Maude Duvall previously lived at 1017 Milwaukee St. (AHI #26621). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Historic name, date of construction: Kewaunee Enterprise 4/18/1991. LUXEMBURG NEWS 6/6/1996. Algoma Record Herald 8/7/1997. Algoma Record Herald 9/3/1998. Luxemburg News 9/2/1999. Sturgeon Bay Door County Advocate 7/1/2003. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. Step back in time…stroll the streets of Old Kewaunee, Marquette Historic District Planning Committee, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |