Property Record
701 S BROWNS LAKE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | ELIAS N WHITE MAUSOLEUM |
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| Contributing: | No |
| Reference Number: | 221127 |
| Location (Address): | 701 S BROWNS LAKE DR |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Burlington |
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| Year Built: | 1917 |
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| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | cemetery building/monument |
| Architectural Style: | Greek Revival |
| Structural System: | Stone |
| Wall Material: | Stone - Unspecified |
| Architect: | R H FITCH (BUILDER) |
| Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | In 1873, Elias N. White began managing the woolen mill constructed by Pliny Merrick Perkins until it was destroyed by a fire in 1880. Elias N. White also served as president of the Village of Burlington from 1893 to 1898. In 1917, two years after his death, a mausoleum was built by White’s estate in Burlington Cemetery as called for in his will. Designed by R. H. Fitch, the concrete mausoleum features an exterior of polished, white Vermont marble and solid bronze doors. Four interior crypts house the remains of White, his wife, their son Charles, and an infant child. |
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| Bibliographic References: | General Files. On file at the Burlington Historical Society, Burlington, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |