Property Record
1929 WISCONSIN AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Herman and Agnes Schildhauer House |
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| Other Name: | Dr. Martens Home and Office; Dr. Krohn Home and Office |
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| Reference Number: | 15633 |
| Location (Address): | 1929 WISCONSIN AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | New Holstein |
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| Year Built: | 1893 |
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| Survey Date: | 19772012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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. WOOD SHINGLED AND STICKWORK PANELS. ATTACHED GARAGE W/LEADED GLASS TRANSOM OVER CAR DOOR. LEADED GLASS TRANSOMS OVER PORCH WINDOWS. 2013 New Holstein Survey results: Sheathed with clapboard, this two-story house is primarily a side-gabled form featuring a rear ell wing to the south, as well as a front (north)-facing gabled, second-floor wing. An enclosed porch extends across the entire entrance elevation, while a one-story, shed-roofed porch wing extends from the southwest corner and a garage wing extends from the southwest. Ornamentation is limited to decorative shinglework along the front-facing and gabled side walls, as well as the central sunburst design to the north. Windows are largely one-over-one-light, double-hung examples. The earliest known owner of this house was Herman Schildhauer, who was born in 1857, the son of Joachim and Dorthea (Kuehl) Schildhauer. In 1889, he married Agnes Schmidt and together they had four sons. Herman worked as a carpenter/contractor, therefore, it’s very possible he was responsible for the construction of this house. Although assessor’s information ascribes a date of 1896 to the home, the house does appear on the 1894 Sanborn map and also seemingly appears on the 1893 county plat. Therefore, a circa 1893 date is ascribed to the home. Agnes died in 1905 and Herman sold the house to Dr. William Martens in 1909, after which the second floor of the home served as offices of Martens and Dr. A.H. Robertson, a dentist. Dr. Martens was an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist who graduated from “the old Milwaukee Medical College” in 1903, after which he completed an internship and graduate work prior to locating in New Holstein. He operated an office out of his house through 1914, after which he moved to Milwaukee. Dr. Robertson left his office in the home in 1911, after the A. Vollstedt Block was completed in September of that year. After several years of teaching and also serving for two years as the school superintendent in Merrill, Wisconsin, Dr. Henry C. Krohn (born in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, in 1882) graduated in 1914 from the Marquette University Medical School and immediately took up his medical practice in New Holstein; he married Edna Bremer in October of the same year. Dr. Krohn, who officially purchased the house in 1915, utilized the subject house as both his home and presumably his office until his death in 1942. Edna died in 1966. Signage with Dr. Krohn’s name still remains in the home today. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Photo of H.C. Krohn in "New Holstein: Land of Peace and Plenty," (1915), page 18. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |