Property Record
2802 W GREENFIELD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Herman and Wilhelmina Hobus House |
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| Reference Number: | 230073 |
| Location (Address): | 2802 W GREENFIELD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1917 |
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| Survey Date: | 2015 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Bungalow |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Building this house in 1917, Herman Hobus was born in Pomerania in 1864 and arrived in the United States nineteen years later. He worked as a streetcar conductor and he and his wife Wilhelmina had three children. Hobus was a widower by 1940 and continued to reside here into the mid 1940s. By 1950, the building was in the possession of Richard Kassulke. 2015- "Clad with stucco and resting on a brick foundation, this one-and-one-half-story, front-gabled bungalow has clipped gables and open eaves outfitted with headboard, exposed rafter tails and wooden brackets. The south-facing, hipped-roof main porch faces south and features two stucco-covered corner piers and a low porch wall. Sidelights flank the main entrance. Fenestration consists mostly of three-over-one, double-hung sashes arranged in pairs and tripartite groupings. Two high-sitting, fixed windows with leaded glass are situated on the eastern endwall. Herman Hobus, who built this house in 1917, was born in Pomerania in 1864 and arrived in the United States nineteen years later. He worked as a streetcar conductor and he and his wife Wilhelmina had three children. Hobus was a widower by 1940 and continued to reside here into the mid 1940s. By 1950, the building was in the possession of Richard Kassulke." - "W. Greenfield Ave, S 35th St (west) to S. Cesar Chavez Dr (east)", WISDot #2230-00-04, Prepared by Heritage Research, Ltd. (Faltinson), (2015). |
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| Bibliographic References: | Sanborn Maps, City Directories; 1920-1940 Census; Building permit. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |