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1543 N PROSPECT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1543 N PROSPECT

Architecture and History Inventory
1543 N PROSPECT | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:A. Story Goodrich House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:104978
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1543 N PROSPECT
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1903
Additions: 1904
Survey Date:19862010
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:English Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: A.c. Eschweiler; A.c. Eschweiler-1904 alterations
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Prospect Avenue Mansions Historic District
National Register Listing Date:4/7/1990
State Register Listing Date:2/7/1990
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:Ernest Winter was somehow involved with the construction of this building.

ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFCANCE:
This structure is a fine example of an early 20th century residence. Designed in the Jacobethan style, it is in excellent condition and has retained its original form and design.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
A.S. Goodrich conducted one of the largest cigar jobbing houses in the city of Milwaukee. A native of Erie County, New York, he came to Milwaukee in 1867, where he was a traveling salesman for Ball and Godrich, a grocery house. Establishing his company in 1890, he wholesaled a complete line of foreign and domestic cigars, pipes, and smokers' articles.

Resurveyed as part of Milwaukee Downtown Connector Arch/History Survey (2010), Prepared by Heritage Research.
Bibliographic References:Tax Program. City Building Permit File. MILWAUKEE OF TODAY, THE CREAM CITY. (1892). p. 195.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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