Property Record
1551 S 5TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Mich Bastain Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 118141 |
| Location (Address): | 1551 S 5TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1890 |
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| Additions: | 1892 |
| Survey Date: | 1980 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Cream 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. Stollenwerk was the builder. An excellent example of a late Victorian Cream City brick residence. "Although documents recording the origins of this two-story brick home have yet to be found, the present owners believe it to be more than 100 years old. The evidence of its design, construction, and ornamentation supports their belief. In all these features the 5th Street residence closely resembles a group of Wisconsin houses known to date from the 1850's and early 1860's. Set on a knoll well above street level, the house is T-shaped in plan. Its silhouette is compact, the treatment of the elevations simple and direct. Here the builder used pilaster strips to mark the corners of the facade, arched window openings in both stories, and a row of brick dentils beneath the gabled roof. Altered and enlarged over the years, the home nonetheless preserves much of its 19th-century flavor." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Tax Program. City Building Permit file. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |