Property Record
1825 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Gilbert M. and Jennie Matson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 4295 |
| Location (Address): | 1825 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | New Holstein |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Walter F. Neumann |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Bibliographic References: | The house was built in 1919 by Gilbert and Jennie Matson; it was purchased in 1922 by Adolph and Olive Langenfeld for $11,000. Matsons to Langenfelds, Warranty Deed, 9 September 1922, 52/14, #21723. The American Contractor cites that Matson in March 1919 was having a two-story house and garage (30 x 40) designed by architect Walter F. Neumann, 1 March 1919, page 55. "NH business leader Langenfeld dies at 98," The New Holstein Reporter, 18 July 1991, page 1. Roy Alexander, "The Langenfeld Story, a Direct Selling Saga," in Specialty Salesman (the Magazine of Modern Direct Selling), January 1954, page 30(+). copy on file at the New Holstein Historical Society. "Adolph L. Langenfeld," timeline (6 pages), On file at the New Holstein Historical Society. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |