Property Record
10801 W BONNIWELL RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HENRY GIERACH |
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| Reference Number: | 68925 |
| Location (Address): | 10801 W BONNIWELL RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This two-story cross gable Queen Anne house has a steeply-pitched intersecting gable roof, clapboard siding, and decorative shingles in the fornt gables. Windows are largely single-pane double-hung sashes. Front windows on the first floor are three light windows with cornice lintels. The front porch has a hip roof, spool and spindal frieze, both large and delicate scroll brackets, and turned post. Also on the property is a one and one-half story old house with a low-pitched gable roof, clapboard siding, fieldstone foundation, and a small window openings. It was probably the original house on this property. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND These houses were owned by William Wolf between 1867 and 1873 and by Henry, then Alvin Gierach between 1892 and 1960. [a] HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Initial research has indicated that these houses are not significant for history. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Tax Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |