Property Record
1847 W GREENFIELD AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Emil Steinhoff Garage |
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| Reference Number: | 230089 |
| Location (Address): | 1847 W GREENFIELD AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1920 |
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| Survey Date: | 2015 |
| Historic Use: | garage (residential) |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Rock-Faced Concrete Block |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Research suggests that this building was constructed in 1920 as a combination garage/residence building by Emil Steinhoff, who lived in a house (no longer extant) also located on this parcel. Steinhoff worked as a patternmaker. George and Helen Loofbourow lived at this address as early as 1932; Loofbourow worked as a driver. Occupant turnover was frequent and the building was vacant by the early 1960s. 2015- "This unusual two-story, flat-roofed building is built with rusticated concrete block and features three garage door openings on the first floor. Of those openings, one displays an original wooden swinging door while the other two are infilled with plywood. A standard-sized entrance and a window also occupy the first floor. The second level displays four paired sets of three-over-one, double-hung sashes and two solitary examples. An asphalt-shingled pent sits at the roof line. Research suggests that this building was constructed in 1920 as a garage building by Emil Steinhoff, who lived in a house (no longer extant) also located on this parcel. Steinhoff worked as a patternmaker. George and Helen Loofbourow lived at this address as early as 1932; Loofbourow worked as a driver. Occupant turnover was frequent and the building was vacant by the early 1960s." - "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; Building permits. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |