Property Record
2519 NORTHWESTERN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JAMES WALKER HOUSE |
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| Other Name: | Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts |
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| Reference Number: | 11200 |
| Location (Address): | 2519 NORTHWESTERN |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Racine |
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| Year Built: | 1856 |
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| Survey Date: | 19752011 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. PILASTERS TOPPED BY PAIRED BRACKETS UNDER EAVES. DOOR W/TRANSOM AND SIDELIGHTS. FLUTED IONIC PORCH COLUMNS. ADDITION ON REAR. Resurveyed March 2011; porch railing replaced. 2011- "This 2-story ltalianate house (now the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts) was originally constructed in 1856, with side porches added in 1901, and museum wings added in 1941 and 1966. The building is irregular in plan. The original house has a brick foundation, brick walls, and an asphalt-shingled hipped roof; the museum addition has a concrete foundation, concrete walls, and a flat roof. The front elevation faces northeast; the fagade of the house is symmetrical in plan with the exception of the large museum addition to the northwest elevation. A flat -roofed 1-story porch spans the width of the front elevation of the house. The porch roof is supported by Tuscan columns and is accessed via a central flight of steps. Pairs of tall, narrow 1-over-1 double-hung windows are located at the first and second stories. A pair of French doors opens onto the porch roof at the center of the second story. Paired brackets are located just below the roofline. A square hipped-roof cupola with paired brackets is located in the center of the roof. Thirteen acres of parkland surround the museum; this space was designed by notable Wisconsin landscape architect Alfred Boerner." -"STH 38/Northwestern Ave/State St", WisDOT #2290-17-00, Prepared by GLARC (Gail Klein), (2011). |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976) |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |