Property Record
1547 COLLEGE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | JOHN AND ELIZA PALMETER HOUSE |
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Other Name: | John H. Palmeter's Old Ladies Home |
Contributing: | Yes |
Reference Number: | 10826 |
Location (Address): | 1547 COLLEGE AVE |
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County: | Racine |
City: | Racine |
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Year Built: | 1904 |
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Survey Date: | 19802017 |
Historic Use: | apartment/condominium |
Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
Architect: | GUILBERT AND RUGH |
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Demolished?: | No |
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National/State Register Listing Name: | Southside Historic District |
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National Register Listing Date: | 10/18/1977 |
State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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. Builder was Thomas Hay. BRICKWORK QUOINS. STONE LINTELS W/KEYSTONES. 1/2 ROUND SUNPORCH AND RECTANGULAR ENTRY PORCH; BOTH PORCHES DORIC ENCLOSED. W/DENTILLED EAVES. South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide: "John and Eliza Palmeter were a childless couple who devised their estates to the providing of a home for elderly women of limited means. The Palmeters came to Racine in the early 1860s. John worked as a carriage maker at first and later established a successful real estate agency. He died in 1889 and left his estate to Eliza, who incorporated the John H. Palmeter's Old Ladies Home before she died in 1895; but no building was constructed with her endowment fund until its invesments provided enough money for that purpose. The building opened in 1905, and for nearly ninety years this residence provided a home and family for the fortunate old ladies who lived here. It eventually became too costly to operate and the Palmeter Home closed in 1993." |
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Bibliographic References: | CONSTRUCTION DATE AND HISTORIC NAME FOUND IN "SOUTHSIDE HISTORIC DISTRICT WALKING TOUR GUIDE". RACINE JOURNAL TIMES 4/25/1995. Assessment records. 1904 city directory. Utley's Dollar Weekly 9/26/1895, p. 1. Racine Journal 3/18/1902, p. 1. Racine Call 9/15/1922. 50th Anniversary Celebration 9/22/1954. Stone, History of Racine Co., pp. 386-387. "Southside Historic District Walking Tour Guide", 1990. Racine Landmarks Preservation Commission, South Side Historic District Walking Tour Guide, 1993. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |