Property Record
2773 N LAKE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Philip A. Koehring House |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27820 |
| Location (Address): | 2773 N LAKE DR |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | English Revival Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | HERMAN W. BUEMMING |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Newberry Boulevard Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 3/7/1994 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/9/1993 |
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| Additional Information: | KOEHRING WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE KOEHRING CO., A LARGE MANUFACTURER OF CONCRETE MIXING EQUIPMENT AND LOCOMOTIVE CRANES. WAS ONCE REPUTED TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF CONCRETE MIXING MACHINES; THE FIRM EMPLOYED 450 PEOPLE. HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KIEL, WI. HE HELD THE PATENT ON A SPECIAL PAVING MIXER WITH BOOM AND BUCKET DISTRIBUTION. WAS A MEMBER OF THE WISCONSIN CLUB, THE MILWAUKEE ATHLETIC CLUB, THE OZAUKEE COUNTRY CLUB, THE MILWAUKEE YACHT CLUB, THE ROTARY CLUB, THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB, AND THE CITY CLUB. WAS ALSO DIRECTOR OF THE YMCA. HAD 3 SONS: CALVIN, ROBERT, AND MARTIN. WAS FORCED TO SELL THIS HOUSE DURING THE DEPRESSION BUT LATER REBUILT HIS FORTUNE. Oswald Lupinski and Arthur C. Wolff were the builders. Philip Koehring's Neo-Tudor residence was one of the last great houses built in Milwaukee. The dwelling features rock-faced, random-ashlar limestone walls, an elaborate round-arched front door surround, and a gray slate roof. Dramatic intricately carved, wooden bargeboard, trims the front elevation’s largest gable. Other features—a rambling layout, informal massing, leaded windows, and false-half-timbered front gables—convey the coziness of the Neo-Tudor style, popular in the 1920s. Philip Koehring founded the Koehring Company, manufacturers of concrete-mixing equipment and locomotive cranes. When the Great Depression nearly ruined his business, Koehring committed suicide in 1931; the company later recovered. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, VOL. III. CHICAGO: S.J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO. 1922, PP. 560-565. PERMIT. Milwaukee Journal 4/6/1930, p. 1. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |