Property Record
9314 N 60TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BARBARA AND LEONARD HERBST HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 8647 |
| Location (Address): | 9314 N 60TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Brown Deer |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 19802013 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
| Structural System: | Stone |
| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. This circa-1855, stucco-sheathed house is comprised of a two-story, side-gabled main block; a rear, one-story, gabled wing (1876 or earlier), as well as a 1966, one-story, one-room addition to the south. The entrance elevation is symmetrically arranged with a central door that is fronted by a circa-1900 porch and two, one-over-one-light windows that flank it to either side. A series of five, one-over-one-light sashes occupy the second level and are located throughout the remainder of the house. An image of the home is included in the 1876 Milwaukee County plat book. Although not always an exact depiction, that 1876 image indicates that the windows of the home were originally multiple-light sash examples, which would be consistent with its Greek Revival styling. This house was built circa 1855 by German immigrant Leonard Herbst, who purchased the land in 1848. He and his wife Barbara had four children: Margaret, Anna, John and Mary. Herbst was a lifetime farmer. The house remained in the Herbst family into the 1990s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PLATS. TAX RECORDS. FEDERAL CENSUS. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Milwaukee County (1876); Mary Buckley, “Records Can Tell a lot About a House, Owners,” The Brown Deer Herald, 16 November 1995; U.S. Federal Census, Population, 1860-1940, Available online at www.Ancestry.com, Accessed October 2013; Site file information for 9314 N. 60th Street, Located at the Division of Historic Preservation, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI. A Leonard Herbst (born in the Town of Granville) is listed in the 1881 History of Milwaukee, however, he would appear to be a nephew of the subject Leonard Herbst, Frank Flower, History of Milwaukee (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881), 1232. “Architecture and History Survey: N. 60th ST.” WHS project number 13-1214/MI. September 2013. Prepared by Traci Schnell for Heritage Research Ltd. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |