Property Record
1740 MOUNTAIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Peter and Edith McGuire House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 76469 |
| Location (Address): | 1740 MOUNTAIN AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1926 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
| Architect: | Walter Trapp (designer) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Washington Highlands Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 12/18/1989 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 11/2/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | Peter McGuire was a professor at the University of WI Extension; they owned the house through at least 1940, per the US Census. They did, for a period (at least 1932-1933), rent the house out while residing in Madison, where Peter was working as an instructor. Peter and Edith had at least two sons, Paul and Roger. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Original permit dated, 13 July 1926. Includes owner: Edith C. McGuire; est. cost: $8,000; and contractor: Joseph F. Garvens. The Daily Reporter, 16 July 1926, cites that the $8,000 house for Edith C. McGuire was designed by architectural designer Walter Trapp. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |