Property Record
9931 W DONGES BAY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | Adolph Hansen Residence |
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Reference Number: | 133422 |
Location (Address): | 9931 W DONGES BAY RD |
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County: | Ozaukee |
City: | Mequon |
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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/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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. |
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Bibliographic References: | Ruth (Hansen) Solchenberger, daughter of Adolph Hansen,Conversation with Traci E. Schnell, December 2004. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |