2427 W NATIONAL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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2427 W NATIONAL AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
2427 W NATIONAL AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Voth & Anderson, Inc.
Other Name:Voth & Anderson Funeral Home
Contributing:
Reference Number:104149
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2427 W NATIONAL AVE
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1924
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Survey Date:19852021
Historic Use:funeral home
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: R.C. Oberst
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Partners, Evert Roth & Erwin Anderson. This one story Minimal Georgian style funeral home was built in 1927 and designed by architect Richard Oberst. The building is clad in tapestry brick with brick quoins and cast stone trim. The front elevation is symmetrical, with a central door with fanlight flanked by tall eight-over-twelve double hung windows that are topped with brick blind arches. The front door has a lacy cast-iron porch with a flared metal roof and curving concrete steps; it is unclear if this metal porch is original to the building or was installed later. The building is capped with a painted metal cornice with dentil mold and modillions. Fenestration on the side elevations is similar to the front elevation, with tall windows as well as windows in the raised basement story. A flat-roofed port cochere with square brick piers is located on the west elevation of the building.
Bibliographic References:Ad in 1925 Milwaukee City Directory, with image of building, page 237.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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