Property Record
1550 N PROSPECT AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Fred T. Goll House |
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| Other Name: | The Resolute Systems Building |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 48109 |
| Location (Address): | 1550 N PROSPECT AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1898 |
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| Survey Date: | 19862010 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Ferry and Clas |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 4/7/1990 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 2/7/1990 |
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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. 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. |
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| 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. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |