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1547 COLLEGE AVE

Historic Name:
JOHN AND ELIZA PALMETER HOUSE

Other Name:
John H. Palmeter's Old Ladies Home

Reference Number:
10826

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1547 COLLEGE AVE

County

Racine

City/Village

Racine

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1904

Additions

Survey Date

1980,2017

Historic Use

apartment/condominium

Architectural Style

Neoclassical/Beaux Arts

Structural System

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

Guilbert And Rugh

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

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 Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Builder was Thomas Hay. BRICKWORK QUOINS. STONE LINTELS W/KEYSTONES. 1/2 ROUND SUNPORCH AND RECTANGULAR ENTRY PORCH; BOTH PORCHES DORIC ENCLOSED. W/DENTILLED EAVES. South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide: "John and Eliza Palmeter were a childless couple who devised their estates to the providing of a home for elderly women of limited means. The Palmeters came to Racine in the early 1860s. John worked as a carriage maker at first and later established a successful real estate agency. He died in 1889 and left his estate to Eliza, who incorporated the John H. Palmeter's Old Ladies Home before she died in 1895; but no building was constructed with her endowment fund until its invesments provided enough money for that purpose. The building opened in 1905, and for nearly ninety years this residence provided a home and family for the fortunate old ladies who lived here. It eventually became too costly to operate and the Palmeter Home closed in 1993."

Bibliographic References

CONSTRUCTION DATE AND HISTORIC NAME FOUND IN "SOUTHSIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE". RACINE JOURNAL TIMES 4/25/1995. Assessment records. 1904 city directory. Utley's Dollar Weekly 9/26/1895, p. 1. Racine Journal 3/18/1902, p. 1. Racine Call 9/15/1922. 50th Anniversary Celebration 9/22/1954. Stone, History of Racine Co., pp. 386-387. "Southside Historic District Walking Tour Guide", 1990. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide, 1993.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Southside Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Oct 18, 1977

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

Yes

apartment/condominium Neoclassical/Beaux Arts

Racine
County

Racine
Community

1900-1909
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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