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231 ELM ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

231 ELM ST

Architecture and History Inventory
231 ELM ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Oswald Liebscher Residence
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Contributing:
Reference Number:124929
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):231 ELM ST
County:Ozaukee
City:Thiensville
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1915
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Survey Date:2003
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Bungalow
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: John Mueller
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:After purchasing the subject property in 1913, Oswald Liebscher had the subject house constructed in 1915. Son of a miller, Liebscher was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1895. After working in the milling business in Theresa, Mayville and then Kewaskum, he responded to an ad for a miller at the Thiensville mill and he and his wife Martha moved to the village in 1901. On 1 May 1912, PJ Kroehnke sold the mill to Liebscher and Julius W. Schaefer, the latter of which was a school teacher in Meqoun. Liebscher served as president, while Schaefer was secretary treasurer of the milling operation. THey ran the mill until 1944; Liebscher was the mill's last full-time miller. The subject house was then passed on to Liebscher's son Theodore, who served as Village President from 1945 to 1955 and again from 1961 to 1967.
Bibliographic References:Cedarburg News, 31 March 1915; tax rolls; Mohr, ed., History of Thiensville,20-21.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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