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9931 W DONGES BAY RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

9931 W DONGES BAY RD

Architecture and History Inventory
9931 W DONGES BAY RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Adolph Hansen Residence
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Reference Number:133422
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):9931 W DONGES BAY RD
County:Ozaukee
City:Mequon
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1939
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Survey Date:2004
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
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Wall Material:Fieldstone
Architect: Adolph Hansen
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:The Colonial Revival "country" house is sheathed with both fieldstone and board siding and features a tower entry.
The property consists of this house, a chicken coop, a garage and a very large, board and fieldstone structure (1933) which served as living quarters on the first floor (prior to the house being built) and a shop on the second floor. Adolph Hansen was a lifetime carpenter, first working on houses and reportedly in association with Armin Frank for at least a time. Hansen also worked on Port Ulao, the bachelor pad of Erwin Uihlein in Grafton. After architectural-related work became scarce after the Depression, Hansen used his carpentry skills to begin making overhead garage doors--a business he continued until he died in 1973. His sons Adolph Jr. and Raymond continued the work until it was no longer feasible to compete with the larger door-making concerns. According to daughter Ruth, Adolph's garage door-making business was the first of its kind in Southeastern Wisconsin. After Adolph's death, his son Raymond lived in the house until selling in 1985.
Bibliographic References:Ruth (Hansen) Solchenberger, daughter of Adolph Hansen,Conversation with Traci E. Schnell, December 2004.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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