1516 PLEASANT VIEW AVE

1516 PLEASANT VIEW AVE

Waukesha

Waukesha

1939

2014

house

Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival

Aluminum/Vinyl Siding

No

This two-story, side-gabled, Colonial Revival-inspired house is sheathed with aluminum siding. A large exterior and stucco-sheathed chimney rises above the roof line along the south elevation and the foundation is clad with stone veneer. The primary (east) elevation is dominated by a two-story portico with plain, square wooden posts and shelters a central, round-arched doorway. To either side of the entry is a grouping of four, four-over-four-light windows, with flanking shutters. Directly above and along the second floor are paired, six-over-six-light sashes, also with shutters. Windows throughout the remainder of the house are multiple-light, double-hung sash examples.

This house was built for Ted & Margaret Morey in the late-1920s; however, the house was remodeled to its current appearance in circa 1940. Theodore Morey was born in Milwaukee on 14 March 1902, the son of Robert G. and Grace Morey. Raised in North Prairie, where his father had a condensing plant, Ted attended St. John’s Military Academy. In 1921, he became a licensed real estate broker in Lake Forest, Illinois, and, in 1927, he moved to Waukesha and wed his first wife Margaret. Shortly thereafter, he developed Westowne, one of his first subdivisions that is cited as among the first true “suburbs” in Waukesha County. It is in Westowne where the subject house is located and where he and his family resided until 1949. In his lifetime, Morey went on to develop over thirty subdivisions in the Waukesha area, including Caples’ Park, a large portion of which is listed in the National Register. In 1949, the Moreys moved to a new house at 701 S. East Avenue, which was designed by Ebling, Plunkett & Keymar. Margaret died in 1970 and Morey remarried the following year, after which he resided in Dousman. He died on 29 December 1993.

No original permit exists for this house as it was located outside of the City limits. Jane Morey Liebherr, Daughter of Ted Morey, Conversation with Traci E. Schnell, May 2014, Notes on file at Heritage Research, Ltd., Menomonee Falls, WI; Historic photos of the Morey home (pre- and post-remodeling), In possession of Jane Morey Liebherr, Waukesha, WI; “Theodore (Ted) Morey,” Obituary, Waukesha Freeman, 31 December 1993; Susie Steckner, “A Fair Man in Business,” Waukesha Freeman, 30 December 1993 (obituary for Ted Morey); Kay Nolan, “Land of Fairy Tales,” Waukesha County Freeman, Real Estate Section, 4D.

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