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337 GREENE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

337 GREENE AVE

Architecture and History Inventory
337 GREENE AVE | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:BERNARD E. & FLORENCE DARLING HOUSE
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Reference Number:223469
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):337 GREENE AVE
County:Brown
City:Allouez
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1943
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Survey Date:2012
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:Balloon Frame
Wall Material:Brick
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:N
Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Bernard E. Darling was born in Winnebago County in 1903. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers to play the center position in 1927. He helped the Packers win three consecutive championships in 1929, 1930, and 1931. After retiring in 1931, he became a member of the Packers Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Also in 1931, married his wife, Florence. Bernard Darling passed away in 1968.

In the 1930s, Allan F. Houston inherited the Northwest Engineering Works, established in 1918 by the Barkhausen brothers in the City of Green Bay, also formerly the Hartmann-Greiling Machine and Boiler Works that was purchased by his father, Louis E. Houston. Allan Houston became the longest serving president of Northwest Engineering Works. During the 1960s, he purchased the former house of Green Bay Packer Bernard Darling, built in 1943.
Bibliographic References:“Bernard ‘Boob’ Darling.” Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Packers Hall of Fame. Feb. 8, 2013. Milquet, Steve. “Northwest Engineering.” Voyageur Magazine. Winter/Spring 2000, page 26.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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