Property Record
4500 W BURLEIGH
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Jacobsen Bros. |
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| Reference Number: | 115587 |
| Location (Address): | 4500 W BURLEIGH |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1927 |
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| Survey Date: | 1979 |
| Historic Use: | large retail building |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | John Topzant |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE: Spanish Colonial Revival storefront important to streetscape of Burleigh Street in Ald. District 5. Adjoins site 5-1/24. Built of orange brick with shaped gables, tiled pent roof, and cast concrete ornament. Construction date, 1927. (1,2) Jacobsen Bros. Original Owner, 1927. (2) |
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| Bibliographic References: | 1. Tax Program. 2. Building Permit. Possibly "two story store and apt." at 4504 Burliegh designed by John Tapzant. See Master Builder August 1927, p. 22. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |