Property Record
606-610 E HOMER ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | JOSEPH WILLIAMS HOUSE |
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| Reference Number: | 27773 |
| Location (Address): | 606-610 E HOMER ST |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1865 |
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| Additions: | 1921 1925 |
| Survey Date: | 1990 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 1921 rear addn. 14 x 14 $490. 1925 underpinned $700. Owners: Jos. Williams, original owner (Zimmermanm MJ 10/3/1971). Jos. Williams (1865-1877), Williams family (1877-1924), Wm. Lewitzke (1924-1929), Edw. Kleman (1949-). Williams was one of the first settlers in Bay View. He was from New York, came to Milwaukee in 1836, and made his fortune in real estate. "With this home we enter the area that was once the village of Bay View. Incorporated in 1879, the community was annexed by Milwaukee in 1887, becoming the city's 17th Ward. The earliest settlers had arrived in the mid-1830's; and such south side streets as Chase, Estes, Wentworth, Smith, and Williams record their names. The gray and white brick house on Homer Street was built for one of them--Joseph Williams, a native of New York who came to Milwaukee in 1836 and made his fortune in real estate." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMAN 331. MILWAUKEE JOURNAL 10/3/1971. PERMITS. MILWAUKEE HISTORIC BUILDINGS DRIVING TOUR OF BAY VIEW. Zimmermann, The Past in Our Present, v. 2, pp. 20-21. Pagel, p. 25. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A. Palmer, University Extension University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Walker's Point and South, 1969. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |