Property Record
1040 S VAN BUREN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mrs. John L. Jorgenson House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 51892 |
| Location (Address): | 1040 S VAN BUREN ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1921 |
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| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Prairie School |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Astor Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/27/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | This home combines the low horizontal lines of the Prairie style with architectural detail typical of the Mediterranian style. It is a two-story, hipped roof structure of brick construction with the horizontality of the roof line extending into one-story pavilions and the carport. The house was built by Mrs. John L. Jorgenson who succeeded her husband as president of the Jorgenson-Blesch Co., Green Bay's largest department store. When she died in 1935, the home was used by her family, but then sold to J.M. Conway, one of Wisconsin's leading industrialists and president of Charmin Paper Mills. Mr. Conway came to Green Bay in the 1920s at the end of the expansion period of Astor, but he was typical of the industrial and civic leaders who chose to live in the Astor neighborhood. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |