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1234 N PROSPECT AVE

Historic Name:
William Prentiss House

Other Name:
Body Awareness Center

Reference Number:
110796

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Property Location

Location (Address)

1234 N PROSPECT AVE

County

Milwaukee

City/Village

Milwaukee

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1874

Additions

C. 1910, 1905

Survey Date

1984

Historic Use

house

Architectural Style

Italianate

Structural System

Wall Material

Cream Brick

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

Locally designated: 7/12/83. This is a two story birck Italianate house with round-arched windows and pedimented cornice. It was started in 1874 for Dr. Fuller and was finished for William Prentiss. Prentiss was a former mayor of Milwaukee. "The Prentiss House is an Italianate, two-story, rectangluar block with a low hipped roof. At the eaves, large carved wooden brackets and a pediment accent the cornice. The exterior is clad in painted cream brick. The round arched windows have stone sills, stone keystones and projecting brick surrounds. The house has been little altered. According to the fire insurance maps there have been a variety of porches on the front. The current porch was added about 1910 and is probably similar in scale in size to the original. A full rear porch was added in 1905." (A). As of 1944, architect Herbert W. Tullgren lived here.

Bibliographic References

(A). National Register Nomination form. Milwaukee Journal 2/23/1944. MS 12.31.74.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

First Ward Triangle Historic District

National Register Listing Date

Mar 19, 1987

State Register Listing Date

Jan 01, 1989

Contributing

Yes

house Italianate

Milwaukee
County

Milwaukee
Community

1870-1879
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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