Property Record
2424 DU CHARME LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ROBERT L JR & MARGARET COWLES HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 223590 |
| Location (Address): | 2424 DU CHARME LN |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | WES DESPINES - BUILDER; Richard E. Kelly |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Robert Cowles Jr. was born Allouez in 1924, the son of Dr. Robert and Emily Cowles. Dr. and Emily Cowles lived in the former Frank E. Murphy estate, which was constructed in 1919. Robert Jr. attended Phillips Academy, a boarding preparatory school in Andover, Massachusetts. After serving in the United States Navy in the Pacific at the end of World War II, he attended Northwestern University and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering. He married Margaret Lindstom in Green Bay in 1949. Around 1960, the Cowles had a house constructed in Allouez on Ducharme Lane. Having formerly worked as a mechanical engineer for a paper company, Robert Cowles Jr. partnered with James River to establish the civil engineering firm, Marathon Engineering, in 1966 aimed at providing services to the forestry industry of northern Wisconsin. Cowles served as the company’s secretary-treasurer. Cowles retired in 1986. The company grew to become a major engineering, architecture, and planning firm which continues to operate to this day in Appleton. In 1990, Marathon Engineers was purchased by the Pöyry Group of Helsinki, Finland. Robert Cowles Jr. passed away in 2011. Robert L. Cowles was born in Allouez in 1950, the son of Robert Jr. and Margaret Cowles. Robert attended the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and graduated in 1975. Robert L. Cowles was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1983. He currently represents the 2nd District of the Wisconsin State Senate; covering portions of Brown, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano Counties, including the Village of Allouez; an office which he has held since 1987. Senator Cowles was actively involved in environmental protection efforts and currently serves on several committees for the Wisconsin State Senate. He continues to reside in his childhood home in Allouez to this day. |
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| Bibliographic References: | “Biography.” State Senator Robert Cowles: 2nd District.” Wisconsin State Legislature. June 4, 2013. Pöyry (Appleton) LLC website. <http://poyryappletonllc.com> July 11, 2013. “Robert Cowles Jr.” Green Bay Press-Gazette: Obituaries. Sept. 30, 2011. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |