Property Record
931 N 14TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | John Meunier House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 110029 |
| Location (Address): | 931 N 14TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1894 |
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| Survey Date: | 19841973 |
| Historic Use: | duplex/two-flat |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Van Ryn & Lesser |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Kilbourn Avenue Row House Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/25/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Multiple Resources of West Side Area |
| Additional Information: | Another map code is 20/21 LUQS 390. Charles Duchow and Bucha were the masons and Danielson was the builder. John Meunier was born in Ramrath Germany in 1834 and settled in Milwaukee in 1858. He founded the gun company that, an Evening Sentinal story tells us, grew "to be one of the leading establishments on it's king in the northwest." This article also reports that Meunier's father and grandfather had been awardwinning marksmen, and that Meunier, as a teen had become a expert sharpshooter. His sucess in the sport continued in this country: the Milwaukee Sentinel Indexis full of refrences to competitions he won during the 1860's and 1870's. A newspaper account written at the time of his death in 1919 states that in the course of his long career he had earned seventy-six gold medals. His victories had included both state and national championships and led to his coronation as 'Schuetzen Koenig of Wisconsin in 1870." 1973: "Included in the historic buildings survey conducted in the Mt. Sinai NDP Area in 1973, this residence was built for a celebrated German-born marks-man and founder of the John Meunier Gun Co., a leading firm of its kind in the Midwest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Meunier's house is a capacious, substantial building, typical of large-scale Milwaukee residences of the period in its picturesque plan and elevations, incorporating a domed corner tower and a single-story porch, and in its classicizing ornamental details. Alterations and Additions (as of 1973): The exterior has not been altered in any significant way. On the interior changes were made during the mid-1950s to bring the building up to code (it was then a rooming house) as regards fire preventive measures. Builders: Charles Duchow, Milwaukee, mason-contractor; Bernard J. Danielson, Milwaukee, carpenter-contractor." |
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| Bibliographic References: | Building Permit Wietczkowski, Mary E. "Mt. Sinai Neighborhood Historic Buildings Survay" ( D.C.D.. 1973) Milwaukee City Directories, 1895 - 1896 Insurance Maps of Milwaukee, New York, 1894, II, 145. "John Meunier, Pioneer, Dead," The Evening Sentinel, May 29, 1919, 2. Records of ownership, Records and Research, 509 City Hall, Milwaukee. "Register of Deaths," CDXXVIII, 431. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |