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2927 E NEWBERRY BLVD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

2927 E NEWBERRY BLVD

Architecture and History Inventory
2927 E NEWBERRY BLVD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Charles J. Reilly House
Other Name:
Contributing: Yes
Reference Number:28071
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):2927 E NEWBERRY BLVD
County:Milwaukee
City:Milwaukee
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
Town:
Range:
Direction:
Section:
Quarter Section:
Quarter/Quarter Section:
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1910
Additions:
Survey Date:1991
Historic Use:house
Architectural Style:English Revival Styles
Structural System:
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: ALEXANDER C. ESCHWEILER
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name: Newberry Boulevard Historic District
National Register Listing Date:3/7/1994
State Register Listing Date:7/9/1993
National Register Multiple Property Name:
NOTES
Additional Information:IN 1991, A SMALL BAY WINDOW WAS ADDED TO THE WEST ELEVATION. REILLY WAS BORN ON JANUARY 9, 1877 IN MILWAUKEE. ATTENDED THE CITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BRIEFLY ATTENDED A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN FORDHAM, NEW YORK. HE ATTENDED MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED IN 1896. HE BRIEFLY WORKED IN HIS FATHER'S TAILORING BUSINESS BUT IN DECEMBER OF 1898 HE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH J.P. HURLEY AND OPENED A MEN'S FINE CLOTHING STORE CALLED THE HURLEY-REILLY CO. REILLY DIED ON JANUARY 16, 1918 AND HIS WIDOW CONTINUED TO LIVE IN THIS HOUSE THROUGH THE EARLY 1920S. IN 1923 ARTHUR C. UIHLEIN, A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY THAT OWNED THE SCHLITZ BREWING CO., BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND LIVED IN IT UNTIL 1933.

John Debbink - carpenter.

Original drawings at Wisconsin Architecture Archive - #01-799.
Bibliographic References:PERMIT. ORIGINAL DRAWINGS. MEMOIRS OF MILWAUKEE CO., VOL. II, JEROME A. WATROUS, EDITOR. MADISON, WISCONSIN: WESTERN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, 1909, P. 581.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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