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1550 N PROSPECT AVE

Historic Name:
Fred T. Goll House

Other Name:
The Resolute Systems Building

Reference Number:
48109

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1550 N PROSPECT AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1898

Additions

Survey Date

1986,2010

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

English Revival Styles

Structural System

Wall Material

Brick

Architect

Ferry and Clas

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. L. Clas was the builder. Reisen and son were the masons. While many of Fred Goll’s wealthy German-American peers built grand German-Renaissance-inspired mansions in this neighborhood, Goll instead chose a Neo-Tudor design for his home seated on the bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. Architects Ferry and Clas designed the house with a carved limestone entrance portal centering the buff brick house. Limestone trims each dormer projecting from its steeply pitched slate roof. A band of corbels adorned with carved grotesque heads supports a wooden frieze carved to resemble English strapwork. Intricately carved bargeboard eaves frame the north and south gables where chimney stacks pierce the slate roof. Inside, elaborate wood carving graces the interior, including lions guarding the carved newel posts anchoring the staircase. Original Cost: $16,000. ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: This structure is an excellent example of late 19th century residences designed in the Jacobethan mode. Characteristic of this style are double front gables topped with finials, a symmetrical without being formal picturesque plan, wall planes rising above the roof line, and multiple chimneys. The use of overhanging eaves with barge boards detracts from the concept of the style and therefore is not a true definitve interpretation. Resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research.

Bibliographic References

Permit. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 3/9/1997. Historic Milwaukee, Incorporated newsletter, Vol. 4, Issue 3, Summer 2002. Tax Program. Zimmerman, H. Russell, "Past in Our Present," MILWAUKEE JOURNAL. (August 26, 1979). Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Apr 07, 1990

State Register Listing Date

Feb 07, 1990

Contributing

Yes

house English Revival Styles

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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