Property Record
2304 W NATIONAL AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Jos. Emmerling Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 104041 |
| Location (Address): | 2304 W NATIONAL AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1888 |
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| Survey Date: | 19852021 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Asbestos |
| Architect: | Regge (Sp?) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | August Talbert was the builder. 2021: This two story Queen Anne style house was built in 1888 for Joseph Emmerling. The house is irregular in plan and has a hipped roof with multiple lower gables. The house has a stone foundation and asbestos siding. The house retains most of its original windows, including one-over-one double hungs and small square windows with multi-light borders. The house also retains much original trim, including window trim, bargeboards, scroll cut corner brackets that incorporate spindlework and incised starfish-shaped ornament, and an exuberant porch with fluted square posts, spindlework frieze, dentil cornice, and projecting gable with square butt shingle cladding. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax program. Permit. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |