Property Record
4113 W RIVER LN
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Herman and Emma Ehlers House |
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| Reference Number: | 220083 |
| Location (Address): | 4113 W RIVER LN |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Brown Deer |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 2017 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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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: | Sheathed with narrow clapboard on the first floor while wooden shingles cover the upper half-story. Built in 1923, this was the home of Herman and Emma Ehlers. Herman worked as a roofing contractor. The Ehlers had four children, one of which (Larry) would operate what remains in the original village today as Larry’s Market. The subject house remains today in the extended Ehlers family. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Date of construction from assessor's records. “Larry’s Brown Deer Market,” In the Brown Deer Historical Society Newsletter (April 2013), 1; U.S. Federal Census, Population, 1930; Atlas: Town of Granville (1936 and 1937-38), both atlases available at the Milwaukee Public Central Library. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |