Property Record
5345 W WIND POINT RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Robert and Mary Hamilton House |
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| Reference Number: | 51588 |
| Location (Address): | 5345 W WIND POINT RD |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Wind Point |
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| Year Built: | 1949 |
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| Survey Date: | 1994 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Usonian |
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| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | Edgar Tafel |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The Hamilton's lived here from at least 1949-1971. Later additions not designed by Tafel. Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide: Robert Hamilton was then the executive vice-president of the Dunmore Company, and his wife Mary met Edgar Tafel at the Silvers' house (2910 Michigan Blvd). Tafel sketched the concept of a house for them, and they hired him on the spot. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) Frank Lloyd Wright and Associates, Guidebook to Preservation-Racine's 1988 Tour of Historic Places. (B) Informal interview with Edgar Tafel, April 1994. (C) Racine City Directories, 1950-1971. Blaustein, George Holt. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, July 1994. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, Racine Frank Lloyd Wright and Prairie School Architecture Tour Guide, 1994. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |