Property Record
2316 E NEWBERRY BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | DR. CHARLES ZIMMERMANN HOUSE |
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| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 27888 |
| Location (Address): | 2316 E NEWBERRY BLVD |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1925 |
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| Survey Date: | 1991 |
| Historic Use: | house |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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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: | A REAR SUN PORCH ADDITION IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE MAIN ELEVATION. ZIMMERMAN WAS A MILWAUKEE PHYSICIAN WHO SPECIALIZED IN THE TREATMENT OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT. HE WAS BORN IN GIESSEN, GERMANY ON NOVEMBER 16, 1856 TO FREDERICK AND EURLIE ZIMMERMANN. CHARLES ATTENDED GERMAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE ATTENDING THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN TO STUDY MEDICINE AND GRADUATED IN 1880. IN 1881 HE PASSED HIS MEDICAL LICENSING EXAM IN GERMANY. THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AFTER COMPLETING POST-GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARIS AND LONDON, HE CAME TO THE U.S. AND SETTLED IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND WHERE HE WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT SURGEON AT THE BALTIMORE EYE AND EAR INSTITUTE. AFTER ONE YEAR IN THAT POSITION, HE MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY TO WORK AS AN ASSISTANT SURGEON AT THE NEW YORK AURAL OPTHAMALIC INSTITUTE. HE LEFT THE INSTITUTE IN SEPTEMBER, 1885, TRAVELED BRIEFLY, AND THEN CAME TO MILWAUKEE WHERE HE BEGAN A SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE. HE MARRIED IDA STERN OF MILWAUKEE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1887 AND THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN: HERBERT F., 1887-1916; LILI, 10/4/1890-?; AND EDITH, 12/29/1899. DURING WWI, CHARLES WAS A MEMBER OF THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORP. HE LIVED IN THE HOUSE AT LEAST THROUGH THE MID-1930S; BY 1940 EUGENE G. MALONE LIVED HERE. Herbert J. Newman Real Estate Co. - Builder Original estimated cost - $11,000. |
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| Bibliographic References: | PERMIT. CITY DIRECTORIES. GREGORY, JOHN G., HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE. CHICAGO: S.J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO., 1931, PP. 723-724. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |