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501 W COLLEGE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

501 W COLLEGE AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
501 W COLLEGE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Robert O. Jones House
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:16798
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):501 W COLLEGE AVE
County:Waukesha
City:Waukesha
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1897
Additions:
Survey Date:2001
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Queen Anne
Structural System:
Wall Material:Clapboard
Architect: Wolf and Waegli
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Jones, Robert O., House
National Register Listing Date:10/28/1983
State Register Listing Date:1/1/1989
National Register Multiple Property Name:Multiple Resources of Waukesha
NOTES
Additional Information:In 1898, Jones was a postal clerk.

2001: This Queen Anne house was built in 1897 for Robert O. Jones. Listed on the NR on October 18, 1983
Bibliographic References:(A) Zimmerman, #788. Russell Zimmerman, The Heritage Guidebook, 1976. (B) Waukesha Tax Rolls, 1896. (B) Waukesha City Directories, 1896, 1898. Architecture/History Survey 2001: Heritage Research (Schnell) (D) Waukesha Freeman, April 29, 1897, p. 1.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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