Property Record
2155 WAUWATOSA AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Frederick D. Underwood Investment Property |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 77318 |
| Location (Address): | 2155 WAUWATOSA AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 2010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Wauwatosa Avenue Residential Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 6/20/2012 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 8/19/2011 |
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| Additional Information: | The 1920 census enumerates the William H. Schmidt Jr. family as renting the home. They would later move into the house they built for themselves in 1923 at 1845 Wauwatosa Avenue. In 1920, the family included William H. (age 42), owner of a sash and door manufacturing firm; wife Laura (age 42) and son Raymond (age 15). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Designated as part of Wauwatosa Avenue Historic District, Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, 2010. Tax rolls confirm date of construction and ownership by F.D.Underwood. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |