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Property Record

6839 CEDAR ST

Historic Name:
H. R. Davis House
Other Name:
Reference Number:
16927

Property Location

Location (Address)
6839 CEDAR ST
County
Milwaukee
City/Village
Wauwatosa
Township
Unincorporated community
Town
Range
Direction
Section
Quarter Section
Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built
1924
Additions
1925
Survey Date
1995
Historic Use
Architectural Style
Structural System
Masonry
Wall Material
Stone Veneer
Architect
Ernest Flagg System Built Homes
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. One of the Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County (listed on NRHP: 9/12/85). COTSWOLD COTTAGE, WALLS OF TENNESEE QUARTZITE. This one and one half-story Flagg System house has exterior walls of Tennessee quartzite. It is L-shaped and faced north. Window and door openings are symmetrical. There is a steep gable compostion roof. There are 3 1/2 pairs of ridge dormers, four shed dormers, and two chimneys with distinctive round openings. The glassed-in porch at the front entrance has a shed roof. The original garage with a hip roof is attached to the house but a larger garage was built later which is not a significant part of this nomination. There is a stone fireplace in the living room and casement windows open inward. There is a partial basement and laundry room on the first floor. The bathroom floor is one step above the level of the hallway on the second floor. Storage space is in a walk-in attic on the second floor. This house is architecturally significant because it is one of a group of stone masonry houses built by Arnold F. Meyer & Company, Inc. according to the construction methods of Ernest Flagg. It is also significant because it resembles the house illustrated on plate 20B in Flagg's book on small houses and the house at 1913 E. Olive Street.
Bibliographic References
1924 date of construction: Wauwatosa Building Inspection Department. National Register Multiple Property Listing, Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name
Davis, H. R., House
National Register Listing Date
Sep 12, 1985
State Register Listing Date
Jan 01, 1989
Contributing
Unique ID
HI16927

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