Property Record
505 WALDO BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Max and Bertha Alpert House |
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| Reference Number: | 226560 |
| Location (Address): | 505 WALDO BLVD |
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| County: | Manitowoc |
| City: | Manitowoc |
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| Town: | 19 |
| Range: | 24 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 20 |
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| Year Built: | 1958 |
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| Survey Date: | 20132022 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Usonian |
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| Wall Material: | Board |
| Architect: | John Schuster |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 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. 2014- "The Max Alpert house is a 1-story, Wrightian house constructed in 1958. The house is irregular in plan with a flat roof, projecting over the house and attached garage. The underside of the eaves is flat and painted a white. The exterior of the house is clad in vertical board siding above a Lannon stone half wall while the attached garage is distinguished by the use of the vertical wood siding only. A broad, stone chimney rises from the flat roof. The private living space of the house is located at the east end of the house while the communal gathering spaces are located in the center adjacent to the attached garage. The front elevation faces north and northeast onto Waldo Boulevard and is asymmetrical in plan. The attached garage is located at the west end of the house in the northeast elevation with an overhead garage door and adjacent pedestrian entrance. Adjacent to the garage in the northeast elevation, a large rectangular bay projects from the house with a central picture window. At the east end of the house, another rectangular bay projects from the north elevation with a centered bank of four vertical, fixed sash windows. The entrance and a large picture window are recessed below the broadly projecting eaves in the middle of the north elevation. The east elevation consists of three bays that step back toward the back yard, sheltering the private space south of the house from the public space along the street. A large picture window is located in the northern bay, and a tripartite, fixed sash window is located in the center bay. At the southeast corner of the house, large picture windows with flanking narrow fixed sash windows mirror each other in the east elevation and south elevation. The rear of the house faces south opening to the expansive backyard. The sleeping quarters at the east end of the house and the communal area in the center and west end of the house encompass a small patio. Four exposed rafter beams are evenly spaced below the eaves of the south and southeast elevations. The south and southeast elevations of the communal space are primarily composed of large glass windows. The south elevation is comprised of a large 16- pane rectangular window and a rear door. The southeast elevation contains three vertical panes of glass that nearly span floor to ceiling. Lannon stone is located along the bottom of the south and southeast elevations below the windows. The southwest elevation steps back toward the front of the house, again with three bays. The living spaces at the west end of the house contain large windows while the attached garage contains narrow, horizontal fixed sash windows in both the southwest and northwest facades. Centered in the south bay of the southwest elevation, a bank of four vertical, fixed sash windows are set above the Lannon stone half wall. The center bay contains a large picture window with an adjacent pair of vertical, fixed sash windows. The southwest elevation of the attached garage comprises the north bay; in addition to the horizontal window, there is second entrance to the garage." -"Max Alpert House", WisDOT#4570-12-00, Prepared by GLARC, Inc. (Megan Daniels), 2014. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |