Property Record
1746 COLLEGE AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JEROME AND EMILY RITTER HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 10850 |
| Location (Address): | 1746 COLLEGE AVE |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1907 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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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: | RETURNED EAVES AND 1/2 ROUND WINDOWS W/ KEYSTONE IN DOR MERS PALLADIAN WINDOW ON F RONT IONIC CNR AND PORCH P ILASTERS DORIC COLUMNS AND SPINDLED RAIL ON PORCH W/ MODILIONED EAVE DOOR W/ SIDELIGHTS, IONIC PILASTERS, AND HE AVY MOULDED CORNICE Map code originally CT #/#; the CT presumably meant city and was stripped off. Jerome Ritter co-owned a clothing store in downtown Racine with his father Hiram. Later he founded the Racine metal Stamping Company (later the Racine Screw Company). His wife Emily served as the vice president. |
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| Bibliographic References: | RACINE JOURNAL TIMES 9/26/1996. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |