711 61ST ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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711 61ST ST

Architecture and History Inventory
711 61ST ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Frederick J. Gottfredsen House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:9646
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):711 61ST ST
County:Kenosha
City:Kenosha
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1888
Additions:
Survey Date:1987
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stone - Unspecified
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Library Park Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/29/1988
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:1ST FLR RUSTICATED STONE, 2ND FLR SHINGLED, 3RD FLR 1/2 TIMBERED. RICHARDSONIAN ARCHES ON PORCH. LARGE ROUND WINDOW W/FLAT SILL ON FRONT ORIEL IN GABLE. CORNERSTONE HAS "RUDOLPHSHEIM" INSCRIBED IN IT; RUDOLPHSHEIM WAS AN EARLY BREWER.

"Frederick Gottfredsen was born in Kenosha in 1857. Following his education at Lake Forest Academy and Northwestern College in Watertown, he joined his father, Jacob's, brewery in 1876. In 1890, when the brewery closed, he took over a branch of the Pabst Brewing Company in Kenosha and operated it along with other business interests." Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
Bibliographic References:DATESTONE. KENOSHA NEWS 11/14/1994. Historic Kenosha: Library Park Historic District, Kenosha Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, 2005
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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