| Additional Information: | The original permit cites the Loewenbach Land & Building Company as the Contractor and the builder as the August Hengst.
This house, which cost approximately $5,000, is believed to have been completed at some point in 1936; however, the home’s address was not identified in the local city directory as of 1936. It was built by the Loewenbach Land and Building Corporation, the president of which was Herbert Loewenbach. Although Herbert and Marguerite Loewenbach owned the property until May 1937, there is no evidence that they actually resided in the home themselves. Of note, Marguerite was among the original committee members to study the federal housing plan in order to determine the feasibility of establishing a housing bureau in West Allis in 1935. In May 1937, the Loewenbachs sold the house to Waldemar and Florence Klein, the latter of whom is identified as living in the home as of the 1938 West Allis City Directory. Waldemar worked in the grinder department at the Evinrude Motors plant in Milwaukee, while Florence is identified as the proprietor of the Clarette Beauty Shop, which was located at 7119 W. Greenfield Avenue. Also noted as living in the home was their son Richard (age 12) and Florence’s widowed mother, Clara Gulden. The Kleins remained in the home until selling to Donald and Ruth Gygax in 1955. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Citations for info below:
Building permit, 23 October 1935; City of West Allis to Herbert and Marguerite Loewenbach, Warranty Deed, 18 September 1935, Vol. 1446, page 101, Document No. #2052450, All deeds cited hereafter on file at the Register of Deeds, Milwaukee County Courthouse, Milwaukee, WI. Although believed to have been completed in early 1936, the address of the house was not listed in the reverse section of the 1936 edition of the local city directory, West Allis City Directory, 1936, 1938, U.S. Federal Census, Population, 1940; Herbert and Marguerite Loewenbach to Waldemar and Florence Klein, Warranty Deed, 10 May 1937, 1487/571, #2130554; Waldemar and Florence Klein to Donald and Ruth Gygax, Warranty Deed, 18 April 1955, 3423/563, #3386347. |
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