1029 N MARSHALL ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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1029 N MARSHALL ST

Architecture and History Inventory
1029 N MARSHALL ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:George W. Peckham House
Other Name:Friendship House
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Reference Number:111227
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):1029 N MARSHALL ST
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1855
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Italianate
Structural System:
Wall Material:Stucco
Architect: Mygatt and Schmidtner
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Peckham was born in 1795 in Rhode Island. He practiced law in Albany, New York before coming to Milwaukee in 1853. Committed suicide by jumping off the Oneida St. Bridge. Architectural Significance: This is an outstanding example of pre-Civil War Italianate residences. Its form is characteristic of the period with its square blockishness, projecting center gabled pavillion, and double stacked bays. This is in sharp contrast to the later assymetrical, more flamboyant Victorian Italianate. Designed by the architects Mygatt and Schmidtner, it is one of the very few extant from this period and is one of the last remaining major works of this early Milwaukee firm. It is in superb condition and exhibits original form and design. Historical Significance: George W. Peckham was a prominent attorney in the city of Milwaukee. Born in 1795 in Rhode Island he practiced law in Albany, NY before coming to Milwaukee in 1853. Peckham had an untimely death by committing suicide by jumping off the Oneida (Wells) Street bridge in 1873.
Bibliographic References:Milwaukee Sentinel 4/28/1855. Milwaukee Sentinel 12/4/1873, 8/2. Zimmermann, The Past in Our Present, v. 2, pp. 38-40. Milwaukee Journal June 25, 1972.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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