Property Record
2029 S 74TH ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Magnus Thompson Residence |
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| Reference Number: | 144861 |
| Location (Address): | 2029 S 74TH ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | West Allis |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Survey Date: | 20072024 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | Loizeaux Lumber Co. |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This one-story, gabled house is sheathed with clapboard and is topped with red asphalt shingle-sheathed roof that features rolled edges. Along South 74th Street, and at its east end, is a smaller, one-story wing; the east side of which carries a dominant brick, exterior chimney, while multiple-light, round-arched windows and a door are located throughout the wing. Remaining windows and doors are rectangular, but also carry multiple lighting; a small roof dormer with a row of four windows rises from the home's south side. This house was built in 1929 by Magnus Thompson at an estimated cost of $4,000. Early city directories cite Thompson as a machinist at the Davis & Thompson Co. in West Allis, while his wife Marguerite was a clerk at Sells Printing Company, also in West Allis. The 1930 census indicates that Minnesota-born Magnus and Wisconsin-native Marguerite were married within the preceding twelve months. Magnus eventually worked at Allis-Chalmers, where he worked as a foreman as late as 1950. At some point between 1950 and 1953, the Thompsons sold the house to Charles F. Brandt. No information was found to suggest eligibility under either Criterion A or B. However, regarding Criterion C, the small, cottage-like home exhibits features--most specifically the home's rolled roof-- that suggest the house may have been a catalog design. Although speculated as such, no solid evidence has yet to be found to substantiate that supposition. Therefore, further research is suggested to confirm or deny that speculation. In October 2008, the subject house was matched to a plan for "The Caberton" found in Loizeaux's Plan Book No. 7 (1927). The plan book shows the house as executed with stucco; however, the subject house is finished with clapboard. The only other difference is that the chimney cap of the West Allis house is not the Spanish Colonial belltower-like design that is found in the plan book. The WA example is simpler. 2024: House appears to now be covered with vinyl and a wooden deck has been added to the front. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Original permit for 2029 S. 74th Street, dated 21 March 1929; West Allis City Directory, 1929, 1932, 1950, 1953; Biographical material regarding the Thompsons was gleaned from the 1930 U.S. census, available online at www.ancestry.com. Loizeaux's Plan Book No. 7 (J.D. Loizeaux Lumber Co., 1927), 1992 reprint by Dover. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |