Property Record
2229 E NEWBERRY BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FRED D. DOEPKE HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27865 |
| Location (Address): | 2229 E NEWBERRY BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1919 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | LEENHOUTS AND GUTHRIE |
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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: | DOEPKE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WROUGHT WASHER MANUFACTURING CO. HIS FAMILY LIVED HERE AT LEAST THROUGH 1940. BY 1950 HAROLD B. PHILLIPS LIVED HERE. DOEPKE WAS BORN IN ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ON MARCH 28, 1862 TO GOTTLIEB AND AMERLIA (MILLER) DOEPKE WHO WERE BOTH GERMAN IMMIGRANTS. FRED WAS EDUCATED IN MILWAUKEE'S PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS BEFORE BECOMING AN APPRENTICE MACHINIST FOR 4 YEARS IN THE MILWAUKEE SHOP OF THE FILER AND STOWELL CO., A MANUFACTURER OF SAWMILL EQUIPMENT. AFTER COMPLETING HIS APPRENTICESHIP HE WENT TO NEW YORK AND THEN TO PHILADELPHIA WHERE HE ATTENDED THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE. IN NEW YORK HE WORKED AT FLETCHER'S NORTH RIVER IRON WORKS AND ATTENDED THE COOPER UNION SCHOOL TO STUDY MECHANICAL DRAWING AND MATHEMATICS. HE LATER MOVED TO CLEVELAND, OHIO AND WORKED AT THE UPSON NUT CO. IN 1889 HE RETURNED TO MILWAUKEE AND STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS. HE INITIALLY PURCHASED AN INTEREST IN THE MILWAUKEE NUT AND WASHER MANUFACTURING CO. BUT LATER BOUGHT OUT HIS ASSOCIATE AND CHANGED THE NAME OF THE FIRM TO THE WROUGHT WASHER MANUFACTURING CO. HIS FIRM MADE STEEL PLATE WASHERS WHICH WERE USED IN THE MACHINERY BUSINESS AND BY RAILROAD, BRIDGE, AND DOCK BUILDERS. THE FIRM WAS REPUTED TO BE THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD DURING THE EARLY 1920S. HE MARRIED ANNIE DISCH OF MILWAUKEE IN 1892 AND THEY HAD ONE SON, FRED C. Original estimated cost - $25,000. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PERMIT. HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, VOL. III, PP. 36-39. CITY DIRECTORIES. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |