456 MELVIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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456 MELVIN AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
456 MELVIN AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Theodore L. & Ruth C. Seith House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:148368
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):456 MELVIN AVE
County:Racine
City:Racine
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1928
Additions:
Survey Date:20102008
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Bungalow
Structural System:Unknown
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Anton Kratochvil
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Melvin Avenue Residential Historic District
National Register Listing Date:11/2/2011
State Register Listing Date:2/18/2011
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:2008

This is a one & 1/2-story, hip-roofed, irregular-plan house. Windows are double-hung 6/6, fixed single-plane, and multi-light casement. Decorative exterior chimney; hip-roof is low-pitched w/ multiple hips; hip roof dormers are covered with wood shingles; concrete sills; house has replacement windows in dormers.

Single-bay garage on property, appeasrs to be contemporary with house.


Date of construction acquired from city records.
Bibliographic References:Historic Resources Survey, City of Racine. Mead & Hunt, Inc. June 2008.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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