Property Record
2129 ILLINOIS AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Paul Langenfeld House |
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| Reference Number: | 222777 |
| Location (Address): | 2129 ILLINOIS AVE |
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| County: | Calumet |
| City: | New Holstein |
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| Year Built: | 1947 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Ranch |
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| Wall Material: | Stone Veneer |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | This one-story, side-gabled Ranch house is largely sheathed with a stone veneer. Its recessed, right-of-center entrance is topped by an overhanging roof with original post supports. The original door features a circle and sinuous line design and is flanked by sidelights. A slightly smaller than full-height block extends to the west of the entry and features an exterior chimney and a large plate-glass, picture window. Two additional picture windows are located along the home’s primary (north) elevation, as is a circular, two-light window. This house was built circa 1948 for Paul Langenfeld. According to New Holstein resident Terry Thiessen, the home’s design was the result of Langenfeld seeing a similarly designed house on a trip made to Milwaukee. Indeed, the house that inspired the Langenfeld home is located along the west side of I-43, at 401 Brentwood Lane in Glendale. That Glendale house (as well as a number of homes along that short street) was designed and built in 1947 by Thalman-Schrang, Inc. Paul Langenfeld was born in 1899 in Calumet County, the son of John and Theresa (Brost) Langenfeld. Aside from his position as mayor from 1950 until his death, he was perhaps most well known as the president of the Elcho (Mink) Fur Farm. His obituary included a significant list of his business and civic roles, including Chairman of the Board of the National Food Company in Fond du Lac, treasurer of the Silver Moon Springs Trout Farm in Plymouth and the owner of Lanco Dairy Farm in Marytown. He died on 19 September 1964. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Thiessen, Conversation with Schnell, 10 April 2013; “Paul Langenfeld,” Obituary, The Sheboygan Press, 21 September 1964, 16. Thalman-Schrang was comprised of builder James Thalman and architect Edmund Schrang, who had an office in Shorewood, north of Milwaukee. Deeds indicate that the land was purchased by Langenfeld in 1947. As of the 1948 New Holstein Centennial Souvenir Booklet, Langenfeld is identified as living at 1906 Washington Street. It is assumed that the ranch house was built at some point between 1948 and 1951. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |