Property Record
11550 N WAUWATOSA RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Jacob Voigt House |
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| Reference Number: | 13510 |
| Location (Address): | 11550 N WAUWATOSA RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1855 |
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| Survey Date: | 1993 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Side Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Voigt, Jacob, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/22/2000 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 4/14/2000 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. RED BRICK QUOINS AND SEGMENTAL ARCH LINTELS. 1 STORY SIDE WING. IDENTICAL TO HOUSE AT 27 S. NINTH ST. DESCRIPTION This one and one-half story side gable house is constructed of fieldstone. It has a low-pitched sloping gable roof with a modern shed-roofed dormer projecting from the front. There is also a small addition to the rear of the house. The house has brick work at the corner quions. The same bricks are used to make the arches that decorate first floor windows. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The house was owned by James Voigt between 1867 and 1892. It was then owned by F. Hollnagel between 1915 and 1954. [a] |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Taxes Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |