Property Record
325 GLENVIEW AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Willis Hopkins House |
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| Other Name: | Sylvester Ludington House |
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| Reference Number: | 16936 |
| Location (Address): | 325 GLENVIEW AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
| Structural System: | Masonry |
| Wall Material: | Stone Veneer |
| Architect: | Ernest Flagg |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Hopkins, Willis, House |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 9/12/1985 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County |
| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County'. 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, State Historic Preservation Office. One of the Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County (listed on NRHP: 9/12/85). Cotswold Cottage. This one and one half-story Flagg System house has a limestone exterior and faces east. The house is U-shaped with dimensions of 47 1/2 x 36 1/2 feet. Window and door openings are asymmetrical. There is a steep hip composition roof, two pairs of ridge dormers, three gable dormers and two chimneys. The original garage is attached. There is a stone fireplace in the living room which is one step below the level of the hallway and a beam and girder ceiling. Casement windows open inward over tile sills. There is a partial basement. The former laundry room on the first floor was convered to a bedroom. Grates in the ceiling under the ridge dormers on the second floor provide light and ventilation. There is storage space in a walk-in attic. This house is architecturally significant because it is one of a group of stone masonry houses built by Arnold F. Meyer & Company, Inc according to the construction methods of Ernest Flagg. The house was built on land formerly part of the Harrison Ludington farm. Ludington, governor of Wisconsin from 1876 to 1878, built the farmhouse which still stands next door in 1881. The farmhouse is a Wauwatosa City Landmark. 2024: Willis Hopkins lived at 7077 Stickney Ave., another Flagg house, and his name was mistakenly recorded here. The house should be named for Sylvester Ludington. Ludington is the first known owner of the house according to City Directories. Between 1929 and 1932, Greenfield Ave became Glenview Ave., which was only made clear while comparing the directories. The change of the street name may have led to the mistake in the name for the property. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Building Inspector's office, City of Wauwatosa. B. Maynard W. Meyer. National Register Multiple Property Listing, Ernest Flagg Stone Masonry Houses of Milwaukee County. 1926-1932 City Directories. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |