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1913 E OLIVE ST

Historic Name:
Erwin F. and Perle Cords House

Other Name:

Reference Number:
16926

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1913 E OLIVE ST

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Shorewood

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1925

Additions

Survey Date

1985

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Side Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Limestone

Architect

Ernest Flagg

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County'. 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. Cotswold Cottage. One of the Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County (listed on NRHP: 9/12/85). This one and one half story Flagg System house has a limestone exterior and faces west. The overall dimensions are 25 x 36 feet plus a one story open porch. There is a steep gable composition roof. The house is placed endwise on the lot. Originally, there were three pairs of ridge dormers, but a former owner closed them. There are six gable dormers and two chimneys with distinctive round openings. The separate frame garage is not a significant part of this nomination. There is a stone fireplace in the living room. Casement windows open inward. There is a beam and girder ceiling in the living room. There is a partial basement and the laundry room is on the first floor. A partition was removed from the front bedroom to make a bedroom from the former bedroom and sewing room. There is a built-in storage space under the roof, and no attic. The partitions are 1 3/4 inches thick. This house is architecturally significant because it is one of a group of stone masonry houses built in Milwaukee County by Arnold F. Meyer according to Ernest Flagg's method of construction. It is the first house of this group to be built in Milwaukee County. The plan for the house is similar to one on plate 20B in Flagg's book on small houses. It is also like the "McCall Magazine" demonstration home of 1924.

Bibliographic References

A. Building Permit # 96, Village of Shorewood. House was featured on Historic Milwaukee's 2002 home tour entitled, Storybook Style. See tour booklet.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Cords, Erwin, House

National Register Listing Date

Sep 12, 1985

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

house Side Gabled

Milwaukee
County

Shorewood
Community

1920-1929
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI16926

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