600 W BROWN DEER RD

600 W BROWN DEER RD

Milwaukee

Bayside

8

22

E

5

1933

2004,2012,2019

house

English Revival Styles

Limestone

Yes

2022

The rear elevation is sheathed with brick. The house is topped with a hipped roof covered with terra cotta barrel tile; exposed rafter tails accent the open eaves. The facade features a steeply pitched, projecting front-gabled entrance with a recessed, round-arched doorway that is surmounted by an arched, multiple-light window above. Tripartite window groupings are located on either side of the entrance and feature leaded glass, multiple-light casement windows accented by modern awnings. Second level windows, which break the roof line, consist of double-hung sashes set in paired and tripartite groupings. The one-story wing to the east is also topped with barrel tile and consists of diamond-paned windows; the wing is fronted by a modern canopied entrance that reads "The Speakeasy". The rear elevation is dominated by a large brick chimney and a 1980, wooden deck addition. A stone chimney rises from the west elevation.

The house remained in the Fenz family until 1953 and from a least 1962 to present housed a bar/restaurant. The current owner Dean Bruel, bought the property from his father Fred Bruel, c.1980. His father bought it in 1962. It is currently also known as "The Speakeasy."

2019: Little or no change. Update photo.

Atlas, Town of Milwaukee (W.W. Hixson, 1930?), City Directories, Tax Rolls “Architecture and History Survey: I-43” WHS project number 12-0649/MI/OZ. 2012. Prepared by Mead & Hunt Inc.

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